Cartilage cells taken from the nose can be used to repair knee injuries ... Cartilage forms a buffer between bones, and a loss of cartilage will eventually lead to arthritis.

To accomplish this, the researchers first extract a small sample of cartilage from the patient’s nose and those cells are subsequently multiplied in a lab and then placed on a soft fiber scaffold ...

In vertebrates, the skeleton of different regions of the body arises from different precursor cells. Researchers at the ...

Replacement cartilage engineered from the nasal septum -- the cartilage wall that separates the left and right airways in your nose -- can be ... forms a buffer between bones, and a loss of ...

During this process, each group produces its own set of regulator proteins and goes through its own developmental program to produce cartilage and bone. Researchers from the University of Basel ...