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Scientists find a protein block regrows knee cartilage in mice and human tissue(med.stanford.edu)
9 points by ck2 11 hours ago | 3 comments
johnathan101 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Regenerating cartilage has been a goal for a long time. The science is exciting, but the real milestone will be whether it works safely in large clinical trials.

ck2 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I'd bet it will work since it worked on human tissue

but there will be unintended side-effects with other muscle and organ growth that will be unacceptable

that protein sounds like nature evolved some kind of rate-limiter

but it's fascinating they found it

maybe it can be safely used for short spurts like a couple weeks at a time

(and I also bet it will become a performance-enhancing drug WADA has to test for)

ck2 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

note the same protein signaling also inhibits muscle growth, reverses when blocked

actual study: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx6649