It turns out that nasal cartilage is a good substitute for the knee’s natural shock-absorbing tissue – so much so that nine people have undergone the first nose-to-knee cartilage transplant.

Key Takeaways Cartilage cells taken from the nose can be used to repair knee injuriesPeople experienced improvements with knee cartilage grafts grown from nasal septum cellsGrafts grown for longer ...

Unlike other tissues in the body, cartilage doesn’t heal on its own, increasing the likelihood of long-term issues like osteoarthritis. Until now, treatment options have been limited, but ...

August 29, 2014 Nasal septum cartilage cells can easily be coaxed into reproducing, providing a patient with their own source of replacement joint cartilage (Photo: Shutterstock) View 1 Images ...

For the study, Martin and colleagues took a small sample of cartilage cells from the patient’s nose bone, then grew more cells by exposing them to growth hormone for two weeks. All the cells ...

Damaged cartilage in the knee has been treated with cells taken from the septum Implants made from nose cartilage have been used to repair the knee joints of two people with severe osteoarthritis ...

Engineered autologous cartilage tissue for nasal reconstruction after tumour resection: an observational first-in-human trial. The Lancet, 2014; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (14)60544-4 ...

The University of Alberta has developed a new technique for 3D printing cartilage in custom shapes. This can be used to repair the noses of skin cancer patients, saving them the trouble of having ...

THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2016 -- Using cells from the cartilage in patients' noses, Swiss doctors have successfully made patches to treat 10 adults whose knee cartilage was damaged by injury.

Replacement cartilage engineered from the nasal septum -- the cartilage wall that separates the left and right airways in your nose -- can be used to repair even the most complex knee injuries ...

The process begins with extracting a small sample of cartilage from the patient’s nose. These cells are then multiplied in a lab and placed onto a soft fiber scaffold, where they grow into new ...