{"id":230304,"date":"2026-02-01T17:08:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/scientists-create-off-the-shelf-cartilage-that-safely-guides-the-body-to-regrow-bone"},"modified":"2026-02-01T17:08:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:08:38","slug":"scientists-create-off-the-shelf-cartilage-that-safely-guides-the-body-to-regrow-bone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/scientists-create-off-the-shelf-cartilage-that-safely-guides-the-body-to-regrow-bone","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Create \u201cOff-the-Shelf\u201d Cartilage That Safely Guides the Body To Regrow Bone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-create-off-the-shelf-cartilage-that-safely-guides-the-body-to-regrow-bone.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new study shows that engineered, cell-free cartilage can safely support bone regeneration without provoking immune rejection. New research suggests it may be possible to repair major bone damage using a tissue implant that contains no living cells. By relying on the body\u2019s own repair machine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study shows that engineered, cell-free cartilage can safely support bone regeneration without provoking immune rejection. New research suggests it may be possible to repair major bone damage using a tissue implant that contains no living cells. By relying on the body\u2019s own repair machine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230304","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\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}