In The News (10/06)

Bioengineered Cartilage Repairs Osteoarthritic Knees Despite the debilitating erosion of cartilage in osteoarthritc knees, the diseaseat least in its early stagespresents a positive environment for the formation of new cartilage when bioengineered cartilage is implanted. Researchers at the University of Bristol in the U.K. found that custom-made patchesconstructed of erythrocytes (red blood cells) isolated from healthy …