The body is pretty good at repairing itself, but some parts of our anatomy struggle to bounce back after an injury. One such material is cartilage – the spongy yet firm connective tissue that keeps ...

It is a leading cause of pain and loss of function, but mild symptoms can often be managed with lifestyle changes.

Real Madrid is rarely the same without Luka Modric. The Croatian midfielder missed over half of the 2014-15 season through injury and Los Blancos failed to win a trophy. Now he is sidelined again ...

Scientists have found a surprising way to regrow damaged knee cartilage by blocking a protein that becomes more abundant with age. In old mice, the treatment restored naturally lost cartilage and also ...

Northwestern University scientists have developed a new bioactive material that successfully regenerated high-quality cartilage in the knee joints of a large-animal model. Although it looks like a ...

Researchers have been working on taking cartilage cells from the nose and developing it into tissue that can be implanted elsewhere. After success in animals, two people received this treatment using ...

In November 2021, Northwestern University researchers introduced an injectable new therapy, which harnessed fast-moving "dancing molecules," to repair tissues and reverse paralysis after severe spinal ...

In patients with severe osteoarthritis, cartilage can wear so thin that joints essentially transform into bone on bone — without a cushion between. A new therapy that uses synthetic nanofibers to ...

I learned the hard way that cartilage problems can sideline even the toughest athletes. During my NFL career, I went through more than a few knee surgeries and dealt with the frustration of being told ...

As a dog ages, it may develop arthritis — and, depending on the breed, it may experience particularly severe issues with its hip joints, potentially requiring a resurfacing implant. In the future, ...

One of the challenges in cartilage repair is that some procedures can provide meaningful short-term pain relief without restoring durable, functional cartilage capable of withstanding the demands of ...