Anti-Aging Injection Regrows Knee Cartilage and Prevents Arthritis

https://scitechdaily.com/anti-aging-injection-regrows-knee-cartilage-and-prevents-arthritis/

35 Comments

  1. Guess we’re officially entering the DLC era for human knees science just dropped the cartilage expansion pack.

  2. Acrobatic-Towel-6488 on

    Do I have to go to Mexico? Because I’ll go to Mexico. I’ve heard they do stem cells for cheap, right in the knee. I needed that yesterday 

  3. sweetnsourgrapes on

    This sounds fairly significant and currently undergoing clinical trials.

    > The therapy targets a protein called 15-PGDH, which becomes more abundant as the body ages and is classified as a gerozyme. Gerozymes, first described by the same research team in 2023, play a central role in aging by contributing to the gradual decline of tissue function. In mice, rising levels of 15-PGDH are a key factor in the loss of muscle strength that occurs with age. When scientists block this protein using a small molecule, older mice show gains in muscle mass and endurance. In contrast, forcing young mice to produce 15-PGDH causes their muscles to weaken and shrink. The protein has also been linked to the regeneration of bone, nerve, and blood cells.

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    > Further experiments confirmed that the chondrocytes in the joint were generating hyaline, or articular, cartilage, rather than less-functional fibrocartilage.

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    > Finally, the researchers studied human cartilage tissue removed from patients with osteoarthritis undergoing total knee replacements. Tissue treated with the 15-PGDH inhibitor for one week exhibited lower levels of 15-PGDH-expressing chondrocytes and lowered cartilage degradation and fibrocartilage genes than control tissue and began to regenerate articular cartilage.

    > Blau added, “Phase 1 clinical trials of a 15-PGDH inhibitor for muscle weakness have shown that it is safe and active in healthy volunteers. Our hope is that a similar trial will be launched soon to test its effect in cartilage regeneration. We are very excited about this potential breakthrough. Imagine regrowing existing cartilage and avoiding joint replacement.”

  4. so… where do i sign up for human trials? i got an injection tuesday to add some juice back to one of my knees. it would be awesome to not need those anymore.

  5. Graybeard_Shaving on

    Calling bullshit on this one. Not just the normal level of bullshit either… the uber doober level of bullshit.

  6. NOGOODGASHOLE on

    I’m 55, but still have 2 years of college athletic eligibility. My NIL money would cover the injections is they’d just front me.

  7. We’re wasting money on this when we could be giving it to Elon who needs it for his robots and Trump for his ballroom. What are we even doing America!?

  8. imhereforthemeta on

    100 percent I will be on this shit. I have cartilage degeneration and missing cartilage from a rupture on both knees. This would change my life

  9. Holy shit I NEED THIS SHIT, im in my early twenty’s but I cant even run anymore because of arthritis.

  10. People will willingly put this in their bodies, but won’t trust vaccines that have been thoroughly studied and proven safe for decades. smh people are dumb.

  11. 57_Eucalyptusbreath on

    And where would one find such a shot….asking for a friend.

    Seriously. My friend has next to no cartilage in her knees and it’s 24/7 pain for her.

    I now need to have a chat with people at Stanford.