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Medical researchers have reported findings demonstrating that injecting the protein lubricin into knee joints can dramatically reduce cartilage degeneration.

The discovery by scientists at Biomodels, a preclinical drug research organisation, and Lubris, a Massachusetts-based start-up company, could result in a new therapy for individuals at risk for osteoarthritis, researchers said.

The study, by Gregory D. Jay, MD, PhD, a professor of emergency medicine and biomedical engineering at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, was presented at the American College of Rheumatology/Associa…

written by The Scientist