New research suggests that some knee damage to your cartilage and the presence of bone spurs can be detectable as early as your 30s. Here's what to know.

MRI scans show early knee joint damage is common in symptom-free adults in their thirties. Mild structural changes in the ...

A new study describes a type of cartilage that may have been discovered, forgotten and found again at several points in history. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

"In biology, changes in viscoelasticity can lead to severe diseases, such as cancers," commented ICFO. "Knowing the viscoelasticity and other rheological properties of biological samples, such as ...

The goal of this study was to characterize the changes of viscoelastic properties of rabbit chondrocytes in nature degeneration of knee articular cartilage. The micropipette aspiration combined with a ...

Two innovative new developments out of the same laboratory have demonstrated that degraded cartilage can be repaired and regrown, first by using "dancing molecules" to target the proteins needed ...

Northwestern University scientists have developed a new bioactive material that successfully regenerated high-quality cartilage in the knee joints of a large-animal model. Although it looks like a ...

Now researchers at Stanford University have shown that another biophysical characteristic known as viscoelasticity - think of how stretching a ball of Silly Putty or a clump of bread dough is met ...

The thyroid cartilage surrounds the thyroid gland in the middle of the throat. Its primary function is to protect and support the vocal cords. It is one of the laryngeal cartilages, which make up ...

An injury to the cartilage connecting your ribs to your breastbone can be very painful. Although recovery times can vary, rib cartilage fractures typically take at least 6 weeks to heal.