Regenerative Engineering for Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment: Biomaterials and Cell-Based Technologies

Regenerative Engineering for Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment: Biomaterials and Cell-Based Technologies

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis worldwide. The incidence of this disease is rising and its treatment poses an economic burden. Two early targets of knee OA treatment include the predominant symptom of pain, and cartilage damage in the knee joint. Current treatments have...

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Main Authors: Jorge L. Escobar Ivirico, Maumita Bhattacharjee, Emmanuel Kuyinu, Lakshmi S. Nair, Cato T. Laurencin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-02-01
Series:Engineering
Subjects:
Knee osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritic pain
Mesenchymal stem cells
Biomaterials
Regenerative engineering
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095809917301443

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