New research suggests injured joints may not be as permanent as once believed, opening fresh strategies to fight osteoarthritis.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stanford-led study finds aging protein blocker regrows knee cartilage. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0) Knee cartilage usually ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Osteoarthritis affects millions of people worldwide. The joint condition often develops with age or after injuries and happens ...

ST. LOUIS — A newly FDA-approved procedure allows patients to regrow their own knee cartilage using autologous cell implantation. The treatment, known as MACI (Matrix Autologous Chondrocyte ...

Researchers in Sweden have engineered a cell-free cartilage scaffold that can guide the body to rebuild damaged bone. By removing the cells but preserving the structure and natural growth signals, the ...

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 ...

A single shot that appears to regrow worn knee cartilage and head off arthritis sounds like science fiction, yet early data from aging and cartilage research are edging that idea closer to reality.

Alex Knapp is a Forbes senior editor covering healthcare and science. The 13th Annual Forbes Healthcare Summit is taking place on December 4th in New York City. Known for its unparalleled networking ...

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 ...

Blocking a protein linked to aging helped older mice regrow knee cartilage without using stem cells, research from Stanford University in California shows. Blocking the protein 15-PGDH also increased ...

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 ...