Overview

• The biomaterial mimics natural cartilage and successfully regenerated cartilage in sheep knee joints within six months.
• If effective in humans, it could treat osteoarthritis, reducing the need for total knee replacement surgeries.
• The material combines a bioactive peptide with modified hyaluronic acid to create a scaffold for tissue regeneration.
• Sheep were chosen for the study due to similarities in joint mechanics and cartilage regeneration challenges with humans.
• The findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.