Recent news on Chondrocytes

Emisphere Announces Initiation Of Phase III Clinical Program Of ...  -  25 May 2007
Medical News Today (press release),..."Induction of cAMP levels switches chondrocytes phenotype from catabolic to anabolic - Implications for novel treatments of osteoarthritis.

BioE and Phillips Plastics Join Forces to Enhance Stem Cell ...  -  May 21, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),In early development studies, the MLPC has differentiated into osteoblasts and chondrocytes along with numerous other cell and tissue precursors,

Oxis International to Present at Acumen BioFin Rodman & Renshaw ...  -  May 14, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),...oocytes (ova), chondrocytes (cartilage), and cell cloning Oxis has filed protective patents to cover these potential new applications for ERGO.

Index of Online Supplemental Material for  -  May 7, 2007
Journal of Cell Biology (subscription)...deformed stylopods and zeugopods characterized by early cell death, disorganized growth plate chondrocytes, and delayed hypertrophic differentiation.

One Stage Regeneration System For Articular Cartilage Repair From ...  -  May 1, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),DePuy Mitek scientists were the first to recognize and confirm the breakthrough that chondrocytes when processed/treated appropriately can be re-implanted

Regeneration breakthrough nears for discs  -  Apr 29, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),The investigation concerns the production of proteoglycan by nucleus pulposus chondrocytes and various aspects of cell signalling.

New system for restoring damaged or lost knee cartilage tissue  -  Apr 24, 2007
News-Medical.net,One of the most successful therapies is cell transplantation which involves removing a patient's own mature cartilage cells known as chondrocytes and

Scientists Progress In Successful Tissue Engineering  -  Mar 28, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),If the chondrocytes could be successfully grown in this manner, they were also interested in determining whether their development could be enhanced by a

Scientists working on bone substitutes  -  Mar 30, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Cartilage is composed of cells called chondrocytes which are dispersed in a firm gel-like ground substance, called the matrix. Cartilage is avascular .

Stem cell therapy targets cartilage defects  -  Mar 29, 2007
Horsetalk,Already, they’ve succeeded in differentiating the cord blood stem cells into three different cell types including chondrocytes – the building blocks of

Leukemic cells find safe haven in bone marrow  -  26 Mar 2007
innovations report,Mesenchymal cells give rise to a variety of different tissues, such as osteoblasts (bone-building cells) and chondrocytes (cartilage-building cells),

Scientists progress in tissue engineering  -  Mar 24, 2007
HULIQ,If the chondrocytes could be successfully grown in this manner, they were also interested in determining whether their development could be enhanced by a

Developmental Biology in Orthopaedics Summary of the 2006 AAOS ...  -  Mar 1, 2007
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription)Long bones initially form from a condensation of these pluripotential mesenchymal cells, which then differentiate into chondrocytes that form a

In the Lab: Advances in knee surgery  -  Mar 12, 2007
Los Angeles Times,Advances are being made in three main areas: manipulating cartilage cells, or chondrocytes; developing scaffolds for new tissue to grow on; and using growth

STEM CELL STUDY FOR JOINT INJURIES  -  Mar 11, 2007
Harnesslink,Already, they’ve succeeded in differentiating the cord blood stem cells into three different cell types including chondrocytes – the building blocks of

Beware the wear, tear of human hinges  -  Mar 10, 2007
New Straits Times,Kiel have been able to explain the physiological basis for these observations in their laboratory study on freshly isolated chondrocytes from cartilage.

Zimmer Holdings and ISTO Technologies Announce Start of ...  -  Feb 20, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),DeNovo ET is a living tissue graft grown from juvenile chondrocytes (cartilage cells) using ISTO's proprietary cell-based platform technology.

Implanting new knee cartilage  -  Feb 24, 2007
Bradenton Herald,The first, typically an arthoscopic procedure done on an outpatient basis, is done to remove a sample of healthy cartilage cells, or chondrocytes.

Stem Cells May Help Heal Joint Injuries  -  Feb 5, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Already, they’ve succeeded in differentiating the cord blood stem cells into three different cell types including chondrocytes – the building blocks of

Navigable Nanotransport: Direct Synthesis Of Hollow Nanoscopic ...  -  Feb 8, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Cartilage is composed of cells called chondrocytes which are dispersed in a firm gel-like ground substance, called the matrix. Cartilage is avascular .

Unique Matrix Structure in the Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum ...  -  Jan 2, 2007
Am J Pathology (subscription)Type IX collagen and matrilin-3 (MATN3), also accumulate in the rER cisternae of PSACH chondrocytes, but it is unknown how mutant COMP interacts with these

New Research Demonstrates Value Of Glyco-Flex(R) For Canine Joint ...  -  Jan 16, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),In the second WSU study, canine chondrocytes were used in cell culture experiments to assess the effects of Glyco-Flex III tablets on key markers of

New Research Demonstrates Value of Glyco-Flex(R) for Canine Joint ...  -  Jan 15, 2007
American Digital Networks (press release),In the second WSU study, canine chondrocytes were used in cell culture experiments to assess the effects of Glyco-Flex III tablets on key markers of

New Research Demonstrates Value of Glyco-Flex(R) for Canine Joint ...  -  Jan 15, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),Other studies confirms Glyco-Flex III's anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties In the second WSU study, canine chondrocytes were used in cell culture

Growth hormone not anti-aging solution  -  Jan 16, 2007
Food Consumer,Growth hormone secreted from human pituitary glands is involved in anabolism in humans stimulating division and multiplication of chondrocytes of cartilage

Sentara Leigh To Hold Knee Regeneration Trials  -  Jan 15, 2007
WTKR Your NewsChannel 3,Building on past clinical research in the field of regenerating cartilage, this new technology harvests young chondrocytes (cartilage cells),

Sex Differences And Rheumatoid Arthritis  -  Dec 30, 2006
Science Daily (press release)Cartilage is composed of cells called chondrocytes which are dispersed in a firm gel-like ground substance, called the matrix. Cartilage is avascular .

How Movement Lubricates Bone Joints  -  Dec 9, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),The team measured up to a three-fold increase in chondrocytes secreting proteoglycan 4 in continuously flexed joints compared to immobile controls.

New Therapeutic Hope For Degenerative Disc Disease  -  Dec 1, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),...of notochord cells from adult dogs, with attention to their effect on the regulation of important genes in chondrocytes, or cells found in cartilage.

New Therapeutic Hope For Degenerative Disc Disease  -  Nov 30, 2006
Science Daily (press release)Cartilage is composed of cells called chondrocytes which are dispersed in a firm gel-like ground substance, called the matrix. Cartilage is avascular .

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