Molecular Response Of Cartilage To Injury Discovered

Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 20:28 in Health & Medicine

It's an unfortunate fact backed by studies of former professional football and soccer players: injury to joint cartilage escalates the risk of developing of osteoarthritis (OA). However, why this occurs --- the details of how joint cartilage cells respond to acute trauma and how this response leads to progressive cartilage degradation --- remains open to investigation.

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