Research sheds light on Debris, Wear, and Cellular Pathways in failed total joints

  
 
Debris, Wear, and Cellular Pathways (written by Elizabeth Hofheinz @ OTW)
Now researchers at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified a number of cellular pathways that are involved in this response to the debris resulting from everyday use and wear which often result in pain, damage and inflammation. These findings are summarized in a review paper published in the October 2011 print edition of Nature Reviews: Rheumatology.
When asked what they were surprised to learn, co-author Neil J. Cobelli, M.D., Chairman of the Depa...