Tiny beads used in new form of engineered cartilage

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Wednesday, 07 December 2011 15:36

Injuries involving torn or degraded joint cartilage can be very debilitating, especially since that cartilage is incapable of healing itself, past a certain point. It's not surprising, therefore, that numerous scientists have been working on ways of either growing replacement cartilage outside of the body, or helping the body to regrow it internally. Just a few of the efforts have included things like stem cell-seeded bandages, bioactive gel, tissue scaffolds, and nanoscale stem cell-carrying balls. Now, researchers from Cleveland's Case Western Reserve University have announced something else that shows promise - sheets of mesenchymal (bone and cartilage-forming) stem cells, permeated with tiny beads filled with the growth factor beta-1... Continue Reading Tiny beads used in new form of engineered cartilageSection: Research WatchTags: Cartilage, Case Western Reserve University, Stem Cells Related Articles: Radical tissue scaffold to treat knee injuries Nanofiber spheres carry healing cells into cartilage wounds New bioactive nanomaterial enables humans to grow new cartilage Meniscus-healing stem cell bandage approved for clinical trials Bioengineers achieve holy trinity of stem cell culture Medical hydrogel can replace damaged cartilage