Cartilage is the body’s most stubborn tissue. Once it wears away, it’s usually gone for good. This biological dead-end is the ...

Your knee contains articular cartilage, which lines your bones and allows you to move without pain or friction. Knee cartilage damage occurs when your articular cartilage chips or wears away. In ...

This rare outcome in cartilage repair suggests true biological cartilage regeneration, not merely defect filling Unlike ...

Alicia McHatton was in Kailua-Kona, on Hawaii’s big island, when she received the phone call that would change her life. It was April 2023, and for the previous eight months, McHatton, a neonatal ...

Knee cartilage usually wears down quietly. Over time, that loss can turn walking stairs into a daily calculation. Now a Stanford Medicine-led team reports that blocking a single age-linked protein ...

Here are four things to know. 1. Cartilage defects can occur from the overuse or straining of the knee beyond its normal range of motion. 2. The product, Maci, relies on tissue engineering to grow ...

Stanford Medicine scientists have identified a method to regenerate knee cartilage and prevent arthritis by blocking an aging-linked protein. Early tests in mice and human tissue show promise for ...

GelrinC, the only restorative product for knee cartilage repair, has CE Mark approval in Europe and is currently at the ...

For decades, damaged joint cartilage has been a one-way street toward pain, stiffness, and eventually metal and plastic replacements. Now researchers are uncovering ways to coax the body into ...