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Robert Lane Smith is a Professor Emeritus in Orthopedic Surgery at Stanford University. His scholarly interests focus on the molecular and cell biology underlying bone and cartilage metabolism, health, and disease. His research investigates the normal activities related to the capacity of articular cartilage to endure normal joint forces, which can reach 5-7 times body weight. He studies bone homeostasis as it relates to daily mechanical loading histories and seeks to understand the complex interplay between stimuli that influence cell metabolism, such as physical forces, cytokines, hormones, growth factors, and genetic expression, in determining the material properties of tissue. Smith's lab employs modern biochemical techniques to analyze various mechanisms including cartilage degradation, stimulation of cartilage growth and repair, bacterial resistance to antibiotic treatments, and the effects of mechanical stresses on gene expression and matrix synthesis in bone and cartilage cells.
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