alt.hn

7/2/2026 at 2:16:59 PM

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

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/11/joint-cartilage-aging.html

by ck2

7/2/2026 at 5:16:07 PM

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.

by johnathan101

7/2/2026 at 5:23:04 PM

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)

by ck2