Goodbye joint replacements? Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis

Stanford scientists found that blocking a protein that becomes more abundant with age can regrow damaged knee cartilage. In old mice, the treatment restored naturally lost cartilage and helped prevent osteoarthritis after ACL-like knee injuries, and human cartilage from knee replacement patients began producing new, functional joint cartilage after exposure to the same inhibitor. Evidence so far comes from mouse models and ex vivo human tissue.

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