For years, a research team led by Professor Ivan Martin, Dr. Marcus Mumme, and Professor Andrea Barbero has been refining a technique to repair damaged cartilage using cells from the nasal septum.

Key Takeaways Cartilage cells taken from the nose can be used to repair knee injuriesPeople experienced improvements with knee cartilage grafts grown from nasal septum cellsGrafts grown for longer ...

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 ...

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 ...

Several factors play a part in osteoarthritis: a history of joint injury, age, gender, weight, genetics. Importantly, we do not know the precise details of cartilage degeneration.