{"id":194804,"date":"2024-08-19T13:22:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T18:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/new-study-shows-dancing-molecules-can-regenerate-cartilage-in-3-days"},"modified":"2024-08-19T13:22:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T18:22:42","slug":"new-study-shows-dancing-molecules-can-regenerate-cartilage-in-3-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/new-study-shows-dancing-molecules-can-regenerate-cartilage-in-3-days","title":{"rendered":"New study shows \u2018Dancing Molecules\u2019 can Regenerate Cartilage in 3 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-study-shows-dancing-molecules-can-regenerate-cartilage-in-3-days.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New study shows \u2018#Dancing #Molecules\u2019 can #Regenerate #Cartilage in 3 days.<\/p>\n<p>In the new study, the treatment activated gene expression needed to regenerate cartilage in just 4h. After 3 days, cells produced protein components for cartilage regeneration\u2026<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>In November 2021, Northwestern University researchers introduced an injectable new therapy, which harnessed fast-moving \u201cdancing molecules,\u201d to repair tissues and reverse paralysis after severe spinal cord injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the same research group has applied the therapeutic strategy to damaged human cartilage cells. In the new study, the treatment activated the gene expression necessary to regenerate cartilage within just four hours. And, after only three days, the human cells produced protein components needed for cartilage regeneration.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers also found that, as the molecular motion increased, the treatment\u2019s effectiveness also increased. In other words, the molecules\u2019 \u201cdancing\u201d motions were crucial for triggering the cartilage growth process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New study shows \u2018#Dancing #Molecules\u2019 can #Regenerate #Cartilage in 3 days. In the new study, the treatment activated gene expression needed to regenerate cartilage in just 4h. After 3 days, cells produced protein components for cartilage regeneration\u2026 In November 2021, Northwestern University researchers introduced an injectable new therapy, which harnessed fast-moving \u201cdancing molecules,\u201d to repair [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}