{"id":195297,"date":"2024-08-27T18:22:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T23:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/scientists-say-theyve-figured-out-how-to-regenerate-knee-cartilage"},"modified":"2024-08-27T18:22:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T23:22:35","slug":"scientists-say-theyve-figured-out-how-to-regenerate-knee-cartilage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/scientists-say-theyve-figured-out-how-to-regenerate-knee-cartilage","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Say They\u2019ve Figured Out How to Regenerate Knee Cartilage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-say-theyve-figured-out-how-to-regenerate-knee-cartilage2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists at Northwestern University say they\u2019ve invented a goo \u2014 yes, a goo \u2014 that could open the door to regenerating human knee cartilage, a finding that could eventually lead to new clinical ways to rebuild knee joints and avoid invasive and expensive knee replacement surgeries.<\/p>\n<p>Cartilage is the connective tissue that wraps around joints and bones, working to absorb shock, aid mobility, and protect against painful bone-on-bone friction. These are all tough \u2014 and important! \u2014 jobs, and yet cartilage doesn\u2019t naturally regenerate on its own. As a result, those with worn-down or damaged cartilage often wind up turning to knee replacement surgery. While effective, that road can be expensive and generally requires a lengthy recovery period.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s where the goo might come in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists at Northwestern University say they\u2019ve invented a goo \u2014 yes, a goo \u2014 that could open the door to regenerating human knee cartilage, a finding that could eventually lead to new clinical ways to rebuild knee joints and avoid invasive and expensive knee replacement surgeries. Cartilage is the connective tissue that wraps around joints [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1878],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-employment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195297","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\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}