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Report summarizes orthopedics study findings from M. Falah and co-researchers

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, June 17th, 2010

A new study, 'Treatment of articular cartilage lesions of the knee,' is now available. According to recent research published in the journal International Orthopaedics, "Treatment of articular cartilage lesions in the knee remains a challenge for the practising orthopaedic surgeon. A wide range of options are currently practised, ranging from conservative measures through various types of operations and, recently, use of growth factors and emerging gene therapy techniques."

"The end result of these methods is usually a fibrous repair tissue (fibrocartilage), which lacks the biomechanical characteristics of hyaline cartilage that are necessary to withstand the...

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