Finding the sweet spot for cartilage formation
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 08:30
in Health & Medicine
Joint injuries often fail to mend properly when not given assistance. In particular, cartilage exhibits a poor capacity for self-repair. It is possible to stimulate regeneration by implanting synthetic scaffolds loaded with cartilage-forming cells (known as chondrocytes) at the site of an injury. However, the quality of the repair depends on the extent to which healthy cartilage can form on a given scaffold.