Researchers at Duke University have created a new gel-based material that can replace cartilage in the knee. This new substitute is stronger and lasts longer than natural cartilage. Knee pain from worn-out cartilage, known as osteoarthritis, affects nearly one in six adults worldwide. This gel-based substitute could help patients avoid knee replacement surgery and might offer a...
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New type of stem cell contains potential for knee cartilage regeneration in arthritic mice
by International Society for Stem Cell Research A potentially alternative treatment for OA, a debilitating joint disease that affects more than 500 million people worldwide, is the regeneration of cartilage from stem cells. Learn more in Stem Cell Reports about the new work from Zhonghan Li and colleagues that focused on so-called limb bud progenitor...
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Regrowing knee cartilage with an electric kick
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT VIDEO: A RABBIT HOPS ALONG A TREADMILL, STIMULATING A PIEZOELECTRIC CHARGE IN ITS BIOENGINEERED KNEE. THE CHARGE ENCOURAGES THE REGROWTH OF FRESH, MECHANICALLY ROBUST CARTILAGE, MAKING THE KNEE AS STRONG AND FUNCTIONAL AS IT WAS BEFORE IT WAS INJURED. CREDIT: THANH NGUYEN/UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT AND UCONN HEALTH UConn bioengineers successfully regrew cartilage...