Various treatment approaches are applied to repair damaged cartilage. However, a developing field of tissue engineering holds realistic promise replace injured cartilage using the patient’s cells. Using one type chondrocytes functionally different and far localized can be feasible from clinical perspective. Toward this ultimate goal, we aimed implement key protocols utilized in articular (AR) a...

below the nipple to the umbilicus and laterally to a line with the left nipple.^ The intercostal spaces were expanded. The swelling was more prominent under the false cartilages, and over them distinct fluctuation was perceptible. An incision was made one inch outside the line of the niple and under the false cartilages. The smallest needle of the aspirator having been introduced and fluid dete...

The pattern of proteoglycan synthesis was examined in the cartilages of the anterior and the posterior limbs, the vertebra and the sterna of the developing chick embryo, during chondrogenic differentiation. At stage 18, the limb primordia synthesize small monomeric proteoglycans. In all nine cartilages examined, there was a shift during differentiation from small to larger intermediate forms fo...

Double network (DN) hydrogels, possessing biocompatibility, low sliding friction, high strength and toughness, are promising as artificial cartilages for next-generation joint disease treatment. For such application, a fast robust fixation of DN hydrogel to bone tissue in vivo is indispensable. However, bonding the that contains ?90 wt % water grand challenge since glues do not work on hydrated...

Skull morphology in achondroplasic (cn/cn) mice was compared with that of normal siblings in order to determine the effects of this chondrodystrophy on skull growth, particular attention being given to dimensions reflecting growth at the synchondroses of the cranial base, the nasal septal cartilage and the condylar cartilage of the mandible. The central section of the cranial base (basicranial ...