The drug, called Tissuegene-C, is used to treat degenerative arthritis, also known as osteoarthritis, by helping regenerate cartilage in joints. |
The transplant, carried out last week, involved the implant of the entire ankle joint including ankle bone and cartilage. |
This process puts greater stress on the articular cartilage of the vertebrae and their respective end plates. |
But 20 minutes later he was again stretchered off with a suspected cartilage problem. |
The mass also contained cystic spaces lined by columnar epithelium, sebaceous glands, cartilage, smooth muscle, and pancreatic acini. |
The bulge in the neck known as the Adam's apple is the front of this cartilage. |