When it comes to repairing human bodies, there’s one major difficulty: spare parts are hard to come by. It’s simply not possible to buy a knee joint or a new lung off the shelf. At best, doctors and ...

For millions of people living with osteoarthritis, daily life can involve a frustrating cycle of pain and stiffness. While ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Cartilage is an outstanding problem in joint medicine—it’s so persnickety that losing it is often an ...

Northwestern University scientists have developed a new bioactive material that successfully regenerated high-quality cartilage in the knee joints of a large-animal model. Although it looks like a ...

Knee cartilage damage remains one of the most stubborn problems in orthopedic medicine. Unlike many other tissues in the body ...

It protects our bones from damage, but cartilage is something we don’t think much about until it’s gone. Now, a new biologic treatment helps patients recover after painful tissue damage. Cartilage is ...

Your knee contains articular cartilage, which lines your bones and allows you to move without pain or friction. Knee cartilage damage occurs when your articular cartilage chips or wears away. In ...

Cartilage is the connective tissue that provides padding between your joints. As we age, the wearing down of cartilage can lead to different types of arthritis. It’s been long believed that once ...

The arytenoid cartilage is a pair of pyramid-shaped pieces of cartilage found in the larynx (voice box), which are essential to the production of vocal sound. Cartilage is tough, yet flexible tissue ...

The costal cartilage are segments of cartilage that connect the sternum to the ribs and help to extend the ribs into a forward motion. This cartilage also contributes to elasticity within the walls of ...