A personal journey of discovery of the role of oxygen tension, bone remodeling units, and mesenchymal stem cells in orthopedic disorders, repair and bone tumors initiated after a torn medial meniscus of the left knee terminated my collegiate basketball career.

      My undergraduate biology program at Duke University emphasized embryology, fetal development, functions of ectoderm, mesoderm {having multipotential cells also capable of forming bone, cartilage, adipocytes, and fibrous stroma} and … Read more