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

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of degenerative joint disease in the world, affecting more than 27 million people in the US and costing nearly over two hundred billion dollars annually.

A new study shows that engineered, cell-free cartilage can safely support bone regeneration without provoking immune ...

The articular cartilage and meniscus in the knee joint are critical for painless movement, but these tissues’ have low regeneration capacities, rendering them vulnerable to injury and osteoarthritis ...

Osteoarthritis often goes undetected until cartilage damage is advanced, limiting treatment options. A new study shows that molecular changes in subchondral bone occur earlier and can signal disease ...

Osteoarthritis is a common joint disorder and major cause of disability and chronic pain, especially in ageing populations. However, there are no approved drugs to prevent disease progression. Writing ...

Osteoarthritis often goes undetected until cartilage damage is advanced, limiting treatment options. A new study shows that ...

Recently, a research team from Chongqing Medical University, led by Prof. Wei Huang, Dr. Wei Bao, and Dr. Yiting Lei, has successfully developed a novel engineered extracellular matrix (eECM) to ...

Advances in cartilage imaging techniques, led by compositional MRI and CT arthrography, could improve early diagnosis and monitoring of rheumatic disease, with artificial intelligence accelerating ...

Even though the recently launched EU project ENCANTO (“magic” in Spanish) has nothing to do with the Disney movie of the same name, the study topic might sound like magic to the layman. "We take a ...

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 ...