Developing a new treatment for common knee injury

Each year in the U.S., more than 500,000 people sustain tears in their meniscus, a piece of cartilage in the knee that cushions and stabilizes the joint. The tears often require invasive surgeries that frequently do not achieve the desired outcome. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati are developing therapies that use a regenerative approach to meniscal tears that could benefit soldiers, athletes and weekend warriors by making those surgeries more reliable.