'Lubricin' molecule discovered to reduce cartilage wear

Friday, October 22, 2010 - 21:20 in Health & Medicine

A team of researchers in North Carolina has discovered that lubricin, a synovial fluid glycoprotein, reduces wear to bone cartilage, a result that has implications for the treatment of osteoarthritis.

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