Cartilage tissue, due to a lack of vascularization, has a limited capacity to heal when damaged, potentially leading to pain, inflammation, and loss of function in the affected joint.

Now, Stupp and his colleagues have created a type of injectable biomaterial that can regenerate the hyaline cartilage in joints. They described their invention in a study published Monday (Aug. 5 ...

Vericel has received FDA approval to expand its MACI label to include MACI Arthro, an arthroscopic delivery of MACI to repair symptomatic knee cartilage defects, according to a company press ...