ST. LOUIS — Dr. Farshid Guilak is changing the course of pediatric orthopedic medicine right here in St. Louis. For years, Guilak has led innovation in the area of regenerative medicine also known as ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A novel growth factor significantly improves the ability for specialized stem cells to transform into cartilage, ...

VAIL — The world to come has been discussed in Vail during the past few days, and the material was indeed futuristic. Hosted by the locally based Steadman Philippon Research Institute, the Vail ...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shriners Children’s researchers have developed a new way to use the body’s natural internal clock to optimize the delivery of medications and increase their effectiveness.

Bones can mend. Skin can heal. Joints… just get worse. “Arthritis” is actually an umbrella term for various disease processes, but they all affect the joints—and together they’re the leading cause of ...

Guilak is realistic about how far from a human clinical treatment his team’s research currently may be, but this promising finding does point to intriguing future gene therapies in humans that could ...

A Duke research team has developed a better recipe for synthetic replacement cartilage in joints. Combining two innovative technologies they each helped develop, lead authors Farshid Guilak, a ...

Two of the leading causes of disability in older people are cartilage injury and osteoarthritis. Now, Duke University researchers have discovered a breakthrough that could one day improve treatment.

WASHINGTON -- Scientists said on Tuesday a virtually limitless source of cells, from human fat, can be turned into cartilage, offering a good supply of repair materials for people with damaged joints.

Mice consuming a supplement of omega 3 fatty acids had healthier joints than those fed diets high in saturated fats and omega 6 fatty acids, according to researchers. “Our results suggest that dietary ...