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Key gene preserves lifelong supply of stem cells that make bone healing possible, study suggests (opens in a new tab)
medicalxpress.com · 2026-11-04
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Key gene preserves lifelong supply of stem cells that make bone healing possible, study suggests
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Hoxa10 governs lifelong skeletal stem cell maintenance and bone repair
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Claim 1 of 6Not checkedA new study finds that the key gene HOXA10 is required to maintain a lifelong supply of stem cells that make bone healing possible.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 6Not checkedResearchers led by NYU Langone Health identified HOXA10 as a lifelong protector of stem cell supplies, keeping them from maturing into osteoblasts until needed for healing.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 6Not checkedIn mice, deleting HOXA10 in 6-day-old pups and tracking them for 15 months led to a loss of self-renewal and left about 90% of the expected stem cells and descendants gone by the end of the study period.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 6Not checkedMice engineered to lack HOXA10 action could not heal properly after a broken bone, and the proportion of stem cell progenitors in the callus was 48% versus 76% in control mice.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 5 of 6Not checkedHuman bone biopsy cells responded like mouse cells when three related HOX genes were silenced, with more dramatic reductions in stem cell numbers and apoptosis up by 50%.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 6 of 6Not checkedThe authors say the findings establish HOX genes as potential therapeutic targets for enhancing bone regeneration.View evidenceHide evidence
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