This core facility provides high quality histological services and is available to assist investigators in the bone disease program within Texas Medical Center, as well as, researchers working with ...

Cartilage is a semi-rigid, avascular connective tissue composed of chondrocytes loosely embedded in an extracellular matrix of collagen fibres, proteoglycans and other, noncollagenous proteins ...

Connective tissues consist of ligaments, cartilage and tendons. A joint is held together by ligaments which give the joints their stability. Cartilage is found at the ends of bones and where ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have created an innovative bioactive substance capable of regenerating high-quality ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers are designing ‘dancing’ molecule meant to make it easier for cartilage damaged by osteoarthritis to regenerate. Image credit: adamkaz/Getty Images ...

New techniques include a pellet made of coral and a hydrogel that can be pressed around the bone to help eliminate pain. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript ...

Sharks don’t have bones. Their skeletons are made of cartilage - the same soft, flexible stuff as your ears and the tip of your nose are made of. This is true for all sharks, from the formidable great ...

Vericel Corp.’s Maci for repairing cartilage defects in the knee has been approved by the U.S. FDA via a supplemental biologics license application. Using a patient’s own cells cultured on a porcine ...

"A nanoindentation technique for functional evaluation of cartilage repair tissue ", Journal of Materials Research ... "Biochemical characterization of atherosclerotic plaque constituents using FTIR ...

“Subchondral bone” is bone that sits underneath cartilage in a joint. Subchondral bone is found in large joints like the knees and hips, as well as in small joints like those of the hands and ...