Researchers have discovered a new type of tissue, a soft and flexible ‘fatty cartilage’ that could revolutionize the ...

Medical textbooks describe three types of cartilage: hyaline ... provided strong evidence of the tissue's existence but that they aren't sure lipocartilage merits its own classification.

MSCs recombinantly modified by means of gene transduction are selected and expanded ex vivo then (3) seeded into a matrix implanted into cartilage defects or (4) injected directly into the joint ...

Cartilage hair hypoplasia (hye-poe-PLAY-zhuh) also leads to problems with the immune system (the body’s germ-fighting system ... Children who get one gene from one parent don’t have symptoms, but they ...

The cartilage doesn’t wear away all at once over the entire surface of the bone ... It is impossible to tell how fast shoulder arthritis will get worse. Every person’s shoulder joint has different ...

This study examined the association between a tear within a specific meniscal segment and subsequent 2-year cartilage loss in subregions that ... periarticular fracture, Paget's disease, villonodular ...

“So the long-term solution isn’t clear yet, and there may be more than one solution.” In addition to Dr. Guilak and team’s research work, the Arthritis Foundation is also funding other teams looking ...

Patients with cartilage damage that also involves the bone may be candidates for Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation Surgery (OATS). To perform this procedure, the orthopedic surgeon removes ...