Periodic Reporting for period 2 - ReSurface (A combined developmental cell biology and tissue engineering approach to repair the articular surface of synovial joints)

Articular cartilage lines our joints, allowing for frictionless joint movement. If damaged, the resident cells, articular chondrocytes (ACs), are unable to repair. Instead, a progressive degradation of the cartilage begins, eventually developing into osteoarthritis which...