CellCoTec

Cartilage defect
Image showing an arthroscopic view of a hole in the knee cartilage.
Of the 1 million patients diagnosed with articular cartilage defects each year, less than 1% are treated with effective therapies.

image with permission of
Maîtrise Orthopédique

Cell technology

Woodfield TBF, Bezemer JM, Pieper JS, van Blitterswijk CA, and Riesle J. Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering of Cartilage, Crit Rev Eukaryot Gene Expr. 12: 209-36 (2002).