Schematic depicting the involvement of regional sympathetic nerves in the mediation of pain in early-stage TMJ-OA. GA, UNITED STATES, Febru ...

However, no treatments impacted the subchondral bone or synovium. Researchers also gathered data from human chondrocyte cells, which are cartilage cells. The samples were from women over 60 who ...

Almost 800,000 total knee replacements (TKRs) are done in the U.S. every year, offering many folks a chance to reclaim total mobility. But the surgery is complex, recovery demanding, and it can pose ...

Osteoarthritis disproportionally affects postmenopausal women, and a biological mechanism for why this occurs has been largely unkown, hindering development of effective treatments. That is in part ...

This study aimed to fabricate electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL)/silk fibroin (SF) composite nanofiber scaffolds and to explore performance of the scaffolds for articular chondrocyte regeneration.

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Despite the high prevalence and morbidity of osteoarthritis (OA), an effective treatment for this disease is currently lacking. Restoration of the diseased articular cartilage in patients with OA ...

In the future, a person’s own cells could be used in a 3D printer to make bioprinted cartilage to help repair damaged joints. Brian Eames is a scientist and professor of Anatomy, Physiology and ...