Gel Repairs Cartilage Without Surgery, With Electricity
Instead of requiring surgery to insert a solid scaffold, the gel could be simply injected into the knee, a much less invasive procedure
Prof. Thanh Nguyen (right) and graduate student Tra Vinikoor (left).
A lifetime of activity can gradually erode the cartilage that cushions our joints. Someday, we might simply inject a gel to repair it, University of Connecticut researchers report in the Oct. 6 issue of Nature Communications.
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