A hydrogel-based implant could replace worn-out cartilage and alleviate knee pain without replacing the entire joint.
Wiley Lab is Making Knee Pain a Thing of the Past
The Wiley Lab, with Duke start-up Sparta Biomedical, have created the first gel-based cartilage substitute that is even stronger and more durable than the real thing.
"This will be a dramatic change in treatment for people at this stage"
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A snippet of genetic material from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Researchers are working on new ways to cure infections, using molecules (purple) that bind to folds in the virus’s RNA genome. Credit: Martina Zafferani, Duke University
Professor Amanda Hargrove and her team, to include graduate student Martina Zafferani, have identified chemical compounds that can latch onto the complex shapes that RNA takes on as it folds upon itself, and block the virus’s ability to replicate.
The coronavirus’s tangled strands of RNA could offer new ways to treat people who get infected
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