Co-opting Immune Cells to Create Collagen for Treating Arthritis

A new way to treat joint diseases could follow from the first demonstration of using immune cells to produce collagen.

In a promising development for treating joint conditions such as osteoarthritis, researchers have artificially produced human type II collagen, a key component of cartilage, for the first time. They have shown that it can slow the progress of osteoarthritis in rodents and relieve symptoms in people.

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