Tag: TM-joint

• Researchers used stem cells to make new cartilage and repair damaged joints

  Columbia College of Dental Medicine researchers have identified stem cells that can make new cartilage and repair damaged joints. The cells reside within the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), which articulates the jaw bone to the skull. When the stem cells were manipulated in animals with TMJ degeneration, the cells repaired cartilage in the joint. A single…

  Sreeram Penna

  October 12, 2016