Working to develop new treatments for osteoarthritis, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have harnessed synthetic biology and tissue engineering technologies to ...

The procedure called Nasal Chondrocyte Tissue-Engineered Cartilage, or N-TEC, provides an innovative alternative to cure confined knee cartilage lesions as well as to address degenerative OA cases ...

For the first time, 3D human tissue has been assembled in the microgravity of space. Through a magnetic levitation device, researchers in Russia, led by Vladislav Parfenov at the Russian Academy of ...

In recent years, there have been tremendous advances in tissue engineering, the field of biomaterials research and development that combines living cells with 3D microstructures and biologically ...

In osteoarthritis of the knee, cartilage that should cushion the bones erodes, leaving people in pain. Anti-inflammatory drugs can offer some relief, but they can’t cure the disease or bring back ...

An international research team led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered a new type of skeletal tissue that offers great potential for advancing regenerative medicine and tissue ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have successfully turned adult stem cells into bone and cartilage, forming the ball structure of a joint found in the human jaw with its ...

A Washington State University research team is working to create an artificial cartilage that is similar to natural cartilage, with a recipe that can be corrected along the way. The researchers, ...

Even though the recently launched EU project ENCANTO (“magic” in Spanish) has nothing to do with the Disney movie of the same name, the study topic might sound like magic to the layman. "We take a ...

New technology from Purdue University and Indiana University School of Medicine innovators may one day help patients who suffer devastating vocal injuries from surgery on the larynx. A collaborative ...