Scientists at Stanford Medicine have discovered a treatment that can reverse cartilage loss in aging joints and even prevent arthritis after knee injuries. By blocking a protein linked to aging, the ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - For millions of people with knee damage, treatment options can be limited — especially before a ...

A novel cartilage-regenerating injection blocks age-related degeneration pathways and shows potential to prevent osteoarthritis beyond pain control.

In a revolutionary discovery, scientists have identified a specific protein that, when blocked, allows the body to naturally ...

Scientists have long assumed that once the smooth cartilage in a damaged knee wears away, the body has little chance of ...

A new Science study shows that blocking an ageing-linked protein can regenerate knee cartilage and prevent arthritis in mice, raising hopes of early treatment to delay joint replacement.

Northwestern University researchers have found the second use for an injectable therapy using fast-moving "dancing molecules" to regenerate tissue rapidly, leading the biochemists group to hope ...

A microscropy image of the new biomaterial. Nanofibers are pink; hyaluronic acid is shown in purple. (Samuel I. Stupp/Northwestern University) (CN) — Scientists at Northwestern University created a ...

Knee cartilage usually wears down quietly. Over time, that loss can turn walking stairs into a daily calculation.

(A) UMAP visualization of the 13,363 chondrocytes from healthy human cartilage. Color represents the chondrocyte subset. (B) UMAP visualization of the expression of representative marker genes for ...