NIH R01 · 2025
A Novel Glycosaminoglycan Mimetic Scaffold for Cartilage Repair
Project Summary With the limited healing capability of articular cartilage, clinical intervention is necessary to prevent further articular cartilage damage and early onset of degenerative osteoarthritis. Current surgical procedures result in inadequate repair suffering from poor integration with surrounding hyaline cartilage and the formation of fibrocartilage instead of normal hyaline cartilage. The most frequently used reparative treatment for small symptomatic lesions of articular cartilage of the knee is microfracturing, where multiple holes are made in the subchondral bone allowing stem cells from the bone marrow to migrate to the joint surface and facilitate repair. However, in the…
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