When Your Knee Cartilage Wears Out, a ‘Biomaterial’ Might Help Replace It
Biomaterial regenerates cartilage in sheep knee joints: A new biomaterial has shown potential in regenerating high-quality cartilage in sheep’s knee joints, offering a promising treatment for osteoarthritis, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The biomaterial uses modified hyaluronic acid to create a scaffold that supports cartilage regeneration and could potentially make total knee replacement surgeries obsolete.