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JT45242

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11. Game changer...

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 12:28 PM

12 hrs ago

Gen Xer ...my wife and I both have damaged knee cartilage from our twenties. This would be huge when scalable.

Assuming insurance and big pharma don't go the ridiculous high price and deny like they did GLP1

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Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis [View all] Coventina 13 hrs ago OP

My hands are soooo happy right now. Kid Berwyn 13 hrs ago #1

I'm seeing a doc about my knee in a few hours mcar 13 hrs ago #2

Too late for my knees, maybe in time for my hips? chia 13 hrs ago #3

Shhhhhsss! Traildogbob 13 hrs ago #4

Ditto Dave says 11 hrs ago #23

So far Traildogbob 10 hrs ago #27

And happy jamming to you, too :) Dave says 10 hrs ago #33

Incredible news Picaro 13 hrs ago #5

And backs . . .? Johonny 13 hrs ago #6

yeah. i have an appt next week mopinko 12 hrs ago #9

Where do we get some, who will market it? bucolic_frolic 13 hrs ago #7

😢 😢 😢 a kennedy 13 hrs ago #8

I need that ASAP! nt wiggs 12 hrs ago #10

Game changer... JT45242 12 hrs ago #11

WOW! Scrivener7 12 hrs ago #12

Wonderful news! VTderry 11 hrs ago #13

I feel like I've been disintegrated from the inside out. This is encouraging indeed! Pacifist Patriot 11 hrs ago #14

Sign Me Up! Deep State Witch 11 hrs ago #15

The operative word in this report is "mice." NNadir 11 hrs ago #16

That is good news. ananda 11 hrs ago #17

$65 billion yearly industry KS Toronado 11 hrs ago #18

Gimme a quart, Mort. Gimme a gallon Alan. NBachers 11 hrs ago #19

I volunteer to be a test subject irisblue 11 hrs ago #20

I do too! Nt spooky3 10 hrs ago #29

Everyone doing cheers....... popsdenver 11 hrs ago #21

Until this treatment is available, I'd suggest that people use search engines to search for highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #22

too late for me, about to get my second knee replaced, already had one hip joanbarnes 10 hrs ago #24

Hope it goes well! n/t BaronChocula 10 hrs ago #26

Thanks! I wouldn't be doing it except the other two procedures made a HUGE improvement. joanbarnes 10 hrs ago #30

Somewhere there's a bitter republican (redundant) BaronChocula 10 hrs ago #25

Wow. Hope the clinical trials prove it works! Raven123 10 hrs ago #28

My guess is that this treatment won't be affordable for the first ten years after it hits market indusurb 10 hrs ago #31

HUGH !!! canetoad 10 hrs ago #32

YAY!!! Knees can make it so that older people can't get around and do for themselves BComplex 10 hrs ago #34