Strategies to Convert Cells into Hyaline Cartilage: Magic Spells for Adult Stem Cells

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Damaged hyaline cartilage gradually decreases joint function and growing pain significantly reduces the quality of a patient's life. The clinically approved procedure of autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) for treating knee cartilage lesions has several limits, including the absence of healthy articular cartilage tissues for cell isolation and difficulties related to the chondrocyte expansion in vitro....

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