News tagged with knee cartilage

Jellyfish protein helps regrow joint cartilage

Mucin, a protein extracted from Nomura's jellyfish, has proved highly effective in regrowing cartilage in joints, scientists in Japan claim.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Sodium MRI gives new insights into detecting osteoarthritis, researchers find

Researchers at New York University have developed an innovative way to look at the development of osteoarthritis in the knee joint—one that relies on the examination of sodium ions in cartilage. Their work, which appears ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Growing Cartilage from Stem Cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Damaged knee joints might one day be repaired with cartilage grown from stem cells in a laboratory, based on research by Professor Kyriacos Athanasiou, chair of the UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering ...

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Obesity contributes to rapid cartilage loss

Obesity, among other factors, is strongly associated with an increased risk of rapid cartilage loss, according to a study published in the August issue of Radiology.

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created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study identifies potential fix for damaged knees

Investigators from Hospital for Special Surgery have shown that a biodegradable scaffold or plug can be used to treat patients with damaged knee cartilage. The study is unique in that it used serial magnetic resonance imaging ...

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created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hormone promises to keep joint injuries from causing long-term osteoarthritis

An existing osteoporosis drug is the first ever found to prevent cartilage loss from osteoarthritis following injury to a joint, and may also regenerate some cartilage that has been lost to osteoarthritis, according to an ...

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created Sep 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Greater quadriceps strength may benefit those with knee osteoarthritis

Studies on the influence of quadriceps strength on knee osteoarthritis (OA), one of the leading causes of disability among the elderly, have shown conflicting results. In some studies, decreased quadriceps strength is associated ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hip exercises found effective at reducing, eliminating common knee pain in runners

A twice weekly hip strengthening regimen performed for six weeks proved surprisingly effective at reducing -- and in some cases eliminating -- knee pain referred to as patellofemoral pain (PFP) in female runners.

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created Jun 04, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0