Biologics | Orthopedics This Week

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Will a $95 Million Deal Bring Chemonucleolysis Back?

Biloine W. Young

FDA Approves Autologous Cellular Knee Implant

Vericel Corporation’s MACI autologous cellularized scaffold to repair articular cartilage defects...

Regenexx Adds Patient Outcomes App to Site

Colorado-based Regenexx has just added a patient outcomes application to its website. The company...

FDA Approves Novel Bone Foam

CERASORB Ortho FOAM, a novel form of bone void fill developed by curasan AG, a former Riemser...

Human Extracellular Matrix / Source: Wikimedia Commons and Dr. Oktar Glugoglu

Human Extracellular Matrix Works in Cartilage Formation

Dawn Skelly

Osteochondral Allograft: More Efficient Donor-Host Matching?

In order to effectuate a fresh osteochondral allograft transplantation, donor and host should be...

Bone Graft Slurry Hardens into Bone in Israeli Trial

An Israeli biotech company, Bonus Biogroup, has created a semi-liquid graft that, when injected...

Nasal Cells Grow Knee Cartilage in Study

The trial involved only ten patients but the hope it engendered encompasses hundreds of times that...

Carnivorous Plant Inspires Progress on Implant Coatings

A carnivorous plant is inspiring scientists to advance bacterial resistance on implants. A team of...

New Coating Defeats Implant Infections

A proof of concept study on the knee joints of mice, conducted by Johns Hopkins University...

3D Printed SILK for Devices and Implantables

Remember, silk is 75% protein. And now a research team working with the Rural Development...

Post-Op Large Joint Patients Perform Talent Show

Here is a story you don’t see every day. Or maybe ever. The healing power of music and dance....

CollPlant Awarded CE Mark for Plant-Based Human Collagen

CollPlant Ltd, a regenerative medicine company located in Israel, has received the CE Mark for...

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva: New Hope

Researchers are making headway on a very rare genetic disease that causes muscle, tendons, and...

Nanofiber Coating Eliminates Infections!

Working in a mouse model, scientists from The Johns Hopkins University have demonstrated that...

Mice Stem Cells Suggest TMJ Treatment

For people with a type of jaw joint disorder that results from loss of cartilage, the only...

Here’s How Rare Meniscus Cartilage Repair Is

ACL [anterior cruciate ligament] and meniscus tears are, if not serious, certainly painful. And...

FDA Approves Test (IDE) of Cartilage Repair Product

Cartilage is one of the more recalcitrant tissues in the human body. Resistant to repair, ...

Graphene Nanoribbons+Polymer=Spinal Cord Healing?

By pairing graphene nanoribbons with a certain polymer, Rice University researchers have found a...

One Molecule Commands Stem Cells: “Build Bone!”

[caption id="attachment_24621" align="alignright" width="220"] Shyni Varghese, Ph.D. / Courtesy of...

$600K NSF Grant for Stem Cell Survival

Kim O'Connor, Ph.D., a professor at Tulane University, has been awarded a three-year $599, 638...

Interventional Orthopedics Foundation Awards Grants

The Interventional Orthopedics Foundation (IOF) has announced that it has awarded two grants for...

Feed Molecule to Stem Cells, Get Bone Regeneration

Researchers from the University of California San Diego have found that if they feed adenosine...

Graphene Flakes=Bone Implants?

While it’s a bit more complex than shop class, it may be possible to weld together flakes of...

Protein/Peptide Combo and Gel Promote Bone Formation

Using a mouse model, Japanese researchers have found out how to deliver a protein/peptide...

Mesoblast’s MPC: Positive Results

It’s hard to treat biologic refractory rheumatoid arthritis (RA). But now, with the results...

Suppress GAQ/11 Signaling, Curb Bone Loss?

Is it possible that inhibiting signaling of the protein Gα11 can contribute to halting bone loss?...

Stem Cell Laced Grafts Grow Bone in Pigs

If bone grafts work in pigs, will people be next? According to Science Daily, researchers from...

Vertical Spine: 1000th Case Using FIBRINET

Gathering more and more data, Vertical Spine, LLC has now announced the achievement of a key...

Pluristem: Trial of PLX-PAD Cells for Femoral Neck Fracture

As a follow-up to the positive results of its Phase II trial of its PLX-PAD cells in total hip...