Latest Articular cartilage repair Stories
Researchers at Micro Orthopaedics, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, led by Dr. Ai-xi Yu, have suggested that articular cartilage defects can be repaired by a novel thermo-sensitive injectable hydrogel engineered with gene modified bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (BMSCs). The chitosan and polyvinyl alcohol composite hydrogel containing hTGFβ-1 gene modified BMSCs was injected into rabbits with defective articular cartilage. Sixteen weeks later the defected cartilage regenerated...
ROSEMONT, Ill., Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Osteoarthritis is a very common joint disorder. Due to age and normal wear and tear on the joints, the cartilage that protects the joint begins to break down, causing the bone to rub together which leads to pain and swelling in the joints. There is no cure for osteoarthritis, and up until now, many patients feel that surgery is their only option to manage the symptoms. (Logo:...
New method will increase likelihood of success in cartilage grafting procedures For years, doctors have been able to treat defects in joint cartilage by grafting cartilage donated from cadavers into patients’ bad joints. Using current methods, donated cartilage can be stored for 28 days for a transplant before the tissue becomes too degraded to transplant into a patient. Now, researchers from the University of Missouri have found a way to store donated cartilage more than twice as long....
A new study has demonstrated that a procedure wherein healthy cartilage is transplanted to fix an area of damaged cartilage (osteoarticular cartilage transplantation or OATS procedure) is superior to the standard of care for repairing cartilage defects. It is thought that fixing such lesions may ultimately help to prevent the onset of osteoarthritis, and get athletic individuals back to sporting activities reliably. The study by Hospital for Special Surgery researchers was reported at the...
BRADENTON, Fla., March 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- What may seem like a page taken from a sci-fi novel, is reality on Florida's west coast. Coastal Orthopedics' physicians are providing patients with Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI); a process that replaces damaged cartilage with newly grown tissue. Coastal physicians and their medical team continue to stay on top of the latest technology and innovations to bring the best medical care to their patients. "The healing power of the human...
"The objective was to evaluate the utility of cryo-preserved human amniotic membrane (HAM) as a support for repairing human articular cartilage injuries, which have a very limited capacity for self-healing", Francisco J. Blanco, lead author of the study and a researcher at the Institute of Biomedical Research of La Coruña (INIBIC), tells SINC.The results, which have been published in the journal Cell and Tissue Banking, show that cryo-preserved HAM is useful as a scaffold for...
EXTON, Pa., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kensey Nash Corporation (Nasdaq: KNSY), a leading medical technology company that provides innovative resorbable biomaterial solutions for a wide range of medical procedures, announced today that it has received the CE Mark for the Company's Cartilage Repair Device. This approval allows for the marketing and sale of the Device, which incorporates a unique biomaterials technology for treating articular cartilage defects of the knee. The Kensey...
CAMBRIDGE, England, January 14 /PRNewswire/ -- This approval enables the company to market its line of bioresorbable implants for bone and/or soft tissue repair in the EU. Orthomimetics' family of products was developed during a groundbreaking collaboration between the University of Cambridge and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chondromimetic is a novel off-the-shelf implant that helps to support the repair of defects involving both articular cartilage and bone - defects...
A popular knee surgery is ineffective at reducing joint pain or improving joint function for those suffering osteoarthritis, Canadian researchers said. The landmark study, conducted by researchers at The University of Western Ontario and Lawson Health Research Institute in London, ran from 1999 to 2007, treating 178 London-area men and women with an average age of 60. All study participants received physical therapy as well as medications such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen, but 86 of the...
Scientists at Britain's Cardiff University have identified a type of stem cell that can be transformed into cartilage cells known as chondrocytes.The scientists say the stem cells may provide potential treatments to repair joints damaged by osteoarthritis.   Theoretically, they say, it should be possible to create enough new chondrocytes to have a real therapeutic effect in osteoarthritis patients.Osteoarthritis occurs when changes in the body's cartilage cause joints not to work...
