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Ligaments and tendons have a limited capacity for self-repair. They tend to have a meager blood supply and contain only a small number of specialized cells that produce proteins, such as collagen and elastic, that provide flexibility and strength. In Bartolo Colón’s case, the hope was that the stem cells injected into his shoulder and elbow would progress rapidly through the cell cycle, producing large populations of specialized daughter cells that would regenerate his ligaments and tendons. How would mitotic cell division ensure that the daughter cells contained accurate copies of all of Colón’s chromosomes, including the genes that specify all of the proteins needed to repair his arm?
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Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
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