A small tweak to genes may finally enable us to regrow cartilage

A study led by The Forsyth Institute has revealed very recently that future treatments for cartilage injuries and degeneration may benefit greatly from novel methods for producing cartilage cells. We may finally be able to rebuild cartilage with a simple change to our genes, says the study.

The study was published in Science Advances today. Takamitsu Maruyama, Daigaku Hasegawa, senior author Wei Hsu, and others reveal two ground-breaking discoveries, including a new understanding of the multifaceted protein -catenin.