The treatment also prevented the development of arthritis after knee injuries such as ACL tears often experienced by athletes ...

Knee cartilage usually wears down quietly. Over time, that loss can turn walking stairs into a daily calculation.

A treatment that blocks an age-related protein restored cartilage in aging and injured joints by reprogramming existing cells ...

A microscropy image of the new biomaterial. Nanofibers are pink; hyaluronic acid is shown in purple. (Samuel I. Stupp/Northwestern University) (CN) — Scientists at Northwestern University created a ...

In adult humans, cartilage does not have an inherent ability to heal. Northwestern Engineering scientists have developed a new bioactive material that successfully regenerated high-quality cartilage ...