A global team of scientists has made a groundbreaking discovery of a new skeletal tissue known as "lipocartilage," offering ...

Cartilage is a semi-rigid, avascular connective tissue composed of chondrocytes loosely embedded in an extracellular matrix of collagen fibres, proteoglycans and other, noncollagenous proteins.

Two new studies offer insights into the evolution and development of external ears, which appear in humans and other mammals ...

Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of ...

A groundbreaking therapy first introduced by Northwestern University researchers in 2021 has shown promise in regenerating human cartilage. Originally designed to repair tissues and reverse ...

The genes that build the cartilage of fish gills were repurposed to build the cartilage in mammals’ outer ears ...

University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have developed a promising technique for treating osteoarthritis using ...

Maximum improvement is not reached until two years after surgery.