The ankle's ability to regenerate cartilage uses the same mechanisms that enable some animals to grow new limbs, and it could ...

Teenagers and young adults are increasingly suffering knee injuries, often causing damage to the cartilage. But there's a ...

Although some conditions of articular cartilage can be treated non-operatively, surgical repair techniques are often used to help ensure patients reap the best possible outcome in the long run.

A silk-based nanocomposite hydrogel delivers dexamethasone + kartogenin to reduce inflammation and regenerate cartilage ...

Damaged cartilage is hard to fix, especially in older people who don’t heal as well. “It doesn’t repair itself,” said Jennifer Elisseeff, a professor at Johns Hopkins University and a co ...

About 20 years ago, the field of articular cartilage repair was a new and exciting area for researchers and clinicians with several promising treatments being developed and used. These included ...

The report was published Oct. 22 in The Lancet.. One joint repair expert welcomed the new approach. “Treatment of cartilage injuries remains a significant clinical problem, and there is no gold ...

So cartilage replacement is not as easy as it sounds on paper. We have a lot of different technologies that we try to regrow cartilage and keep our patients active for longer.

Researchers have designed 'dancing' molecules that could boost cartilage repair in osteoarthritis. The results so far have shown promise.

Cartilage plays a crucial role in your knees, but unfortunately once it’s damaged or worn out it’s hard to repair. A replacement is often required, but these aren’t as good as the real thing.

In people younger than 50, knee cartilage damage usually occurs after an injury, such as twisting your knee, smashing your kneecap, or fracturing your knee. In people over 50, cartilage may wear down ...

So cartilage replacement is not as easy as it sounds on paper. We have a lot of different technologies that we try to regrow cartilage and keep our patients active for longer.