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Osteoarthritis

An illustration of an inflamed, arthritic knee joint, the target of a Stanford treatment that regrew cartilage in mice.

Stanford Drug Regrows Knee Cartilage in Mice by Blocking an Aging Protein

Blocking the enzyme 15-PGDH regrew hyaline cartilage in old mice and stalled arthritis after ACL-type injuries. Human tissue responded too — but this is still a mouse study.

Science  · 13 Jun 2026, 18:02  · Daniel Okafor