Bone and skeletal injuries are a major cause of long-term disability around the world. In light of this medical need, Swedish scientists have engineered a cell-free cartilage scaffold that can guide ...

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 ...

Millions of people worldwide live with arthritis, a condition that causes joint pain, stiffness, and reduced mobility. For ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Cartilage is an outstanding problem in joint medicine—it’s so persnickety that losing it is often an ...

Researchers hope their discovery about the healing properties of fetal cartilage cells in mice will lay the groundwork for new treatments for human growth disorders and degenerative diseases. First ...

Stanford researchers have shown that blocking a single enzyme called 15-PGDH can regrow lost cartilage in aging mouse knees ...

A study found that the medication lacosamide relieves joint pain and reverses cartilage damage in osteoarthritis.

A research lab at the University of Caen Normandy (France) has succeeded in making cartilage using decellularized apples. The Bioconnect laboratory at the university, which I head, has just published ...

All cells in the human body are subject to mechanical influences. This is particularly true of articular cartilage, given that its primary role is to transmit forces to the underlying bone and ...

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 ...

The costal cartilage are segments of cartilage that connect the sternum to the ribs and help to extend the ribs into a forward motion. This cartilage also contributes to elasticity within the walls of ...