While all exercise comes with the risk of injury, there are three things runners can do to reduce the likelihood of getting ...

“Cartilage is a critical component in our joints. When cartilage becomes damaged or breaks down over time, it can have a great impact on people’s overall health and mobility.

Dr Christopher Evans, a physical medicine expert who led the study, said: 'This could revolutionize the treatment of [this ...

Six days after treatment with IGF-1 carried by dendrimer nanoparticles (blue), the particles have penetrated through the cartilage of the knee joint. Image: Brett Geiger and Jeff Wyckoff Injectable ...

Articular cartilage, a smooth, slippery substance, coats the ends of the bones where they meet in the joint and acts as a cushion. But it becomes frayed over time, resulting in bone rubbing on ...

These cells are then grown in a lab using a scaffold made of soft fibres. Over time, they develop into new cartilage, which is cut into the correct shape and implanted into the patient’s knee joint.

Human articular cartilage defects can be treated with nasal septum cells. Researchers now report that cells taken from the nasal septum are able to adapt to the environment of the knee joint and ...

Treating knee joint defects with cartilage from the nose: The University Hospital in Würzburg is working on the approval of this procedure. They received funding of 2.3 million euros for this ...

Northwestern University scientists have developed a new bioactive material that successfully regenerated high-quality cartilage in the knee joints of a large-animal model. Although it looks like a ...

Cartilage-making cells in the nose seem to produce a worthy stand-in for the cartilage lost at the tips of bones in damaged knee joints, a study in goats suggests.