A team led by Washington State University researchers used gallic acid, an antioxidant found in gallnuts, green tea and other plants, and applied a stretching mechanism to human cartilage cells taken from arthritic knees that mimics the stretching that occurs when walking. The combination not only decreased arthritis inflammation markers in the cells but improved the production of desired proteins normally found in healthy cartilage.
Imagine a future where a single injection could retune your body’s faltering orchestra, restoring harmony to tissues frayed by time or disease—a vision that...
The translational benefits of regenerative therapies are still limited; however the global scientific community is ardently trying to improve a patientu2019s quality of life by utilizing their medicinal research efforts into propitious therapeutic strategies.u00a0
Arthritis causes pain, swelling, and stiffness of your joints, the connections between bones. Arthritis is most common in adults. But it can also affect children. This is called juvenile arthritis.
Curcumin, the compound that gives the spice turmeric its characteristic bright yellow color, suppresses the biological mechanisms that spark inflammation in tendon diseases.
Knee cartilage injuries can be effectively repaired by tissue engineering and osteoarthritis does not stop the regeneration process concludes research led by scientists at the University of Bristol.
A breakthrough self-assembly technique for growing replacement cartilage offers the first hope of replacing the entire articular surface of knees damaged by arthritis. The technique, developed at Rice University's Musculoskeletal Bioengineering Laboratory, is described in this month's issue of the journal Tissue Engineering.
