If cartilage is damaged, patients can experience osteoarthritis, disc herniation and other painful conditions. It serves as a shock absorber for the human body, lubricating joints and helping them ...

Scientists have long assumed that once the smooth cartilage in a damaged knee wears away, the body has little chance of ...

A single shot that appears to regrow worn knee cartilage and head off arthritis sounds like science fiction, yet early data ...

Two innovative new developments out of the same laboratory have demonstrated that degraded cartilage can be repaired and regrown, first by using "dancing molecules" to target the proteins needed for ...

University of California, San Diego (UCSD) bioengineers have fabricated cartilage tissue which for the first time mimics the multi-layered structure and cellular functions of natural articular ...

When it comes to repairing human bodies, there’s one major difficulty: spare parts are hard to come by. It’s simply not possible to buy a knee joint or a new lung off the shelf. At best, doctors and ...

Cartilage damage is a relatively common type of injury, with majority of cases involving damage to the articular cartilage in the knee joint. The development of effective treatment strategies to ...

A Washington State University research team is working to create an artificial cartilage that is similar to natural cartilage, with a recipe that can be corrected along the way. The researchers, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Acute or chronic insult, including normal wear and tear, age, obesity, and joint injury, may initiate an ...