Researchers on the Path to a Cure – Spotlight on Dr. Herb Sun
In August, we brought you our first investigator spotlight on Dr. Cho, one of our 11 researchers to receive funding for scientific research earlier this year. We’ve chosen the brightest minds in the...
View ArticleResearchers on the Path to a Cure – Spotlight on Dr. Markus Wimmer
The third part of our researcher spotlight series is with Dr. Markus Wimmer, Associate Chairman of the Department of Orthopedics and Director of Human Motion Analysis and Tribology at Rush University...
View ArticleResearchers on the Path to a Cure – Spotlight on Dr. Farshid Guilak
In July, we reported on Dr. Farshid Guilak’s remarkable breakthrough in orthopedic and osteoarthritis research. That research found a way to grow new cartilage on a hip joint shaped scaffold, using...
View ArticleResearchers on the Path to a Cure – Spotlight on Dr. Virginia Kraus
Research on bacteria that live within our bodies has progressed in recent years and is gaining respect in the scientific community. Most of these bacteria live in our gut, and scientists think they...
View ArticleResearchers on the Path to a Cure – Spotlight on Dr. Veronique Lefebvre
What do skin and cartilage have in common? It depends on who you ask. Dr. Veronique Lefebvre, a researcher at Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, is currently working on a 2016...
View ArticleFDA OKs First in a New Generation of Knee Cartilage Repair
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a new product to repair damaged knee cartilage using cells from the patient’s own knee. The product, called Matrix Associated Chondrocyte...
View ArticleResearchers on the Path to a Cure – Spotlight on Dr. Tuhina Neogi
If you have osteoporosis you’ve probably heard of, and may have been treated with, a class of drugs that are used to prevent and treat bone loss: bisphosphonates. Dr. Tuhina Neogi and her research team...
View ArticleResearchers on the Path to a Cure – Spotlight on Dr. Bruce Cronstein
This story started with a dozen male research mice survivors from hurricane Sandy in 2012. The storm devastated Dr. Bruce Cronstein’s research lab, but born from the destruction was Dr. Cronstein’s...
View ArticleResearchers on the Path to a Cure – Spotlight on Dr. James Martin
What if injured joints could heal themselves before they develop osteoarthritis (OA)? Dr. James Martin’s current 3-year Arthritis Foundation-funded project, “Engineering Endogenous Cartilage Repair,”...
View ArticleSynvisc-One Injections Recalled
Biotech giant Sanofi Genzyme has initiated a voluntary product recall for one lot of Synvisc-One, a brand of hyaluronic acid. The lot, which was found to contain contamination, has been linked to an...
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