Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Dr. Rachel Frank explains cartilage transplantation to her patients, she tells them the purpose is to improve their quality of life by reducing pain in ...

Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) is a two-step surgical procedure to restore cartilage around a joint and treat cartilage defects. Cartilage is the connective tissue found throughout the body ...

Having undergone a right knee cartilage transplant on Wednesday in Chicago, Gabriel Landeskog now faces a second consecutive regular season away from the game he loves. That hasn’t changed the ...

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease which commonly impacts the knees, hands, hips, neck and lower back. This is the first of two stories describing recent progress in understanding the ...

Chondromalacia patella occurs when the cartilage of a person’s kneecap softens. It is common in athletes of high impact sports or those who have arthritis in their knees. Chondromalacia patella is ...