Monday, March 27, 2006

Rice Bioengineers Pioneer Techniques For Knee Repair

Source: Rice University
Posted: March 28, 2006

A breakthrough self-assembly technique for growing replacement cartilage offers the first hope of replacing the entire articular surface of knees damaged by arthritis. The technique, developed at Rice University's Musculoskeletal Bioengineering Laboratory, is described in this month's issue of the journal Tissue Engineering.

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