Nerve-blocking therapy improves growth plate repair in injured bones
With the support of National Institutes of Health funding, Johns Hopkins Medicine investigators, led by pathologist Aaron W.…
Study links collagen peptides to improved bone health in runners
Collagen is a protein found in skin, hair, nails, tendons, cartilage, and bones. Our bodies naturally produce collagen…
Immune cells drive abnormal joint tissue growth in rheumatoid arthritis
Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have identified a specialized population of immune cells that play a…
125-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Relative Reveals Its True Colors
Exceptionally preserved skin of Montsecosuchus depereti, an extinct crocodylomorph no larger than a house cat that prowled the…
Nerve freezing technique reduces pain after surgical repair for microtia
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is the first in the world to eliminate months…
Pim1 identified as promising therapeutic target for inflammatory arthritis treatment
The research team led by Professor Zhongyu Xie from Sun Yat-sen University revealed a new mechanism by which…
Permian Fossil is Earliest Evidence of Rib-Powered Breathing
Paleontologists have examined 289-million-year-old specimens of the early reptile Captorhinus aguti that preserve a covering of three-dimensional skin,…
Targeted PET/CT tracer improves early prediction of treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis patients
A new targeted PET/CT tracer can detect treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis patients in as little as four…
Early bone molecular changes signal osteoarthritis progression
Osteoarthritis often goes undetected until cartilage damage is advanced, limiting treatment options. A new study shows that molecular…
SN101 iPSC-derived therapy relieves chronic pain and preserves joints
SereNeuro Therapeutics, a preclinical biotechnology company developing non-opioid pain therapies, unveiled new data today on a novel approach…
Blocking a ‘gerozyme’ reverses cartilage loss in mice
An injection that blocks the activity of a protein involved in aging reverses naturally occurring cartilage loss in…