Cartilage That Repairs Itself? New Research Reveals Important Clues

Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 20:28 in Health & Medicine

A strain of mice with the natural ability to repair damaged cartilage may one day lead to significant improvements in treatment of human knee, shoulder and hip injuries. Researchers have discovered males from a strain of mice called MRL/MpJ have the innate ability to repair their own knee cartilage.

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