Scientists find a protein block regrows knee cartilage in mice and human tissue

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johnathan101•about 1 hour ago

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•38 minutes ago

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•about 4 hours ago

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

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