Knee replacement is a serious surgery that takes many hours and has a long recovery. It helps people with disabling knee pain and extreme cartilage deterioration, but it doesn't last forever.

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“By regenerating hyaline cartilage, our approach should be more resistant to wear and tear, fixing the problem of poor mobility and joint pain for the long term while also avoiding the need for ...

The meniscus safeguards the hyaline cartilage that lines the knee joint. Each knee joint has two wedge-shaped pieces of soft cartilage that make up the meniscus.

Among surgical options, cartilage repair is recognised for its role in restoring the knee’s natural function. Specialists like Dr Hamid tailor this treatment based on factors such as size ...

UAB Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Associate Professor Amit Momaya, M.D., published a study evaluating if similar inflammatory gene patterns exist between the synovium, hyaline cartilage, and blood ...

Two innovative new developments have demonstrated that degraded cartilage can be regrown, first with 'dancing molecules' that target the protein needed for tissue regeneration, secondly with a ...

Northwestern University scientists have developed a new bioactive material that successfully regenerated high-quality cartilage in the knee joints of a large-animal model.