[markomalley]

Mesenchymal stem cells are a type of adult stem cell that live in the bone marrow and can transform into cartilage-forming cells called chondrocytes. Mixing these stem cells with a knee-lubricating fluid helped the meniscus regrow in goats.

Still yet, once again, good results for the use of adult stem cells (vice nothing--???-- for embryonic ones)

When will they get the message???

[markomalley]

pro-life, adult stem cell ping??

[Gay State Conservative]

This is amazing.About 18 months ago,I was diagnosed as having substantial damage to the cushioning lining of one of my hip sockets.It's raised havoc with my ability to walk easily.

I just might call my orthopedic surgeon and ask if there are any research studies underway in Boston,New Haven,NYC,etc using adult stem cells.

[Solson]

This is great news! I really need cartilage in both of my knees.

[Exit148]

I want to volunteer!

[don-o]

ping

[JerseyHighlander]

This is incredible. I'm only in my late 20's, but a decade of hard sports has left me aching in the knees everyday.

[Flavius]

its like new snake oil

[RegulatorCountry]

Certain segments of society don't want to hear anything about adult stem cells. They're in hot pursuit of another profit center for Planned Parenthood.

[LibWhacker]

Two new disks for my back, please. Are they made of cartilage?

[vetvetdoug]

We're already injecting injured tendons of horses with stem cells and the tendons in horses are healing amazingly. For almost 20 years, veterinarians have been touting glucosamine as a nutritional supplement that augments the healing of joints and human orthopods have resisted the data until just recently. Medicine is undergoing logrithmic advances that are hard for one to keep up with efficiently.

[RichardW]

I'm 62 years old and early this year I developed some problems with my right knee (MCL) that prevented me from walking any distance. I've never had problem with my knees before and I used to walk five miles a day. Don't know how I injured it but it really was a walk up call. Somehow and through inactivity it seems to have repaired itself but it was touch and go. This is a very important discovery if true because I wasn't too fond of using cadaver cartilage to repair my knee.

[MainFrame65]

My wife has arthritis in both knees and both hips, but not a lot of pain yet (age 68). But her orthopedic Dr. has told her that it probably will come soon, as she has almost no cartilage left.

Unfortunately, this probably will not be generally available in time to save her from the replacement surgery. Too bad. If the money, time, and energy WASTED on the embryonic stem cell boondoggle had been directed here instead she might be spared.

[nmh]

Yet, the culture of death, in any way they can get it ... still clamor for EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS!

[SuziQ]

Can't wait to hear the results of the blind test.