cartilage
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More recent work from Liu and his team, however, revealed that the protein is also highly active in chondrocytes, the cells responsible for maintaining cartilage.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Lacosamide is already used as a treatment for epilepsy, but the researchers found that its effects on cartilage depended heavily on the dose.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease in which cartilage gradually breaks down, leaving joints painful, swollen and increasingly difficult to move.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
The approach not only reversed naturally occurring cartilage loss in older animals, but also protected mice from developing arthritis after knee injuries similar to ACL tears in people.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Stuff like xanthan gum, which is made from bacteria; Carbopol, which is an acrylic polymer like house paint; and gelatin, which is made from cow cartilage.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
First, the tiny cartilages in the human larynx -- called the arytenoids -- that change the position of our vocal folds, have changed dramatically in whales.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024
This ancient fish had separated, independent cartilages encasing the brain, rather than the solid bone or cartilage structure of jawless and jawed fish that followed it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023
However, unlike at a cartilaginous joint, the articular cartilages of each bone are not continuous with each other.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Costal cartilages connect the anterior ends of most ribs to the sternum.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
The posterior and inferior borders of these cartilages meet at an acute angle.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
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