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.