Researchers at Sechenov Medical University have developed cartilage restoring technology. Articular cartilage is a joint’s weak point wheredegenerative changes begin. Osteoarthrosis is a serious disease that almost 10 percent of the world’s population suffers from. 

To address this, Sechenov University is implementing a new treatment: restoring the cartilage instead of replacing the joint with an artificial one. Specialists take a biopsy of the patient’s articular cartilage and then grow the tissue cells in the laboratory, which will later be used to form cartilage that can be inserted back into the patient.

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 The article was published by the online-version of the Scientific India Magazine on May 4, 2018.