Bioactive Scaffolds Guide the Way to Sore Knee Relief, Cartilage Repair
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringNIBIB-funded researchers have developed a 3D-printed scaffold coated in aggrecan, a native cartilage component, to improve the regeneration of cartilage tissue in joints. The scaffold was combined with a common microfracture procedure and tested in rabbits. The University of Maryland researchers found the combination of the implant and microfracture procedure to be ten times more effective than microfracture alone.