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Stem Cell-Based Cartilage Regeneration Now in Phase III Trials

Knee Anatomy
Japan has the highest percentage of people over age 65 of any country which explains why it leads the [MORE]

“Kevlartilage” Artificial Cartilage

Kevlartilage – Artificial Cartilage
Natural cartilage has amazing properties: under stress, as in running, knee cartilage releases water to become more [MORE]

Implantable 3D Printed Cartilage Cells

Formation of Blood Vessels
Using a 3-D printer, tissue engineers at Chalmers University (Gothenburg, Sweden) have constructed human cartilage cells on [MORE]

Lab Grown Cartilage from Stem Cells for Hip Prosthetics

Joint pain, especially from arthritis, seems to be part of the fate of aging. Artificial prosthetics offer some relief, but [MORE]

Cartilage Regeneration

Anatomy of TMJ
Quoting directly from this piece: “Researchers [Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine] have identified stem cells in the [MORE]

Anti-Inflammation Nanoparticles for Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis of the Knee
In mouse studies, researchers at Washington University of St. Louis School of Medicine have shown that nanoparticles [MORE]

Improving Bio-Ink for Better 3-D Printing

3-D Bioprinting University of Bristol
Researchers at the University of Bristol (UK) have been able to 3-D print a full-size tracheal [MORE]

Mimicking Cartilage with Bio-Glass

 
Bioglass is a synthetic material made of silica and a polymer that was first used for treating bone injuries during [MORE]

3-D Printing During Surgery, the BioPen

Biopen
“[A] new BioPen developed at the University of Wollongong (UOW) in Australia . . . . is designed to let [MORE]

Levitated Lab-Grown Cartilage

Ultrasound Tweezers
Ultrasonic tweezers July 8 2014“Beam me up, Scotty” may be a little closer to non-fiction based on traction beam [MORE]

Engineering Synthetic Cartilage

Scaffold for Hydrogel Used to Form Cartilage
Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964) were the first generation of American children to participate [MORE]

Iron Tracers for Monitoring Transplanted Stem Cells

Ferumocytol is an iron supplement already approved to treat anemia.  It readily finds it way to mesenchymal stem cells [MORE]

Printing Implantable Cartilage

Cartilage Printer
Combining ink jet printing and electrospinning technologies, bioengineers at Wake Forest University’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine have [MORE]

Cartilage from Stem Cells

Chondrogenesis
For millions of aging athletes and millions more of arthritis sufferers, an ability to regrow their own shock absorbing [MORE]