The $65 billion per year global arthritis industry is in for quite a scare as scientists at Stanford just announced they figured out how to regrow healthy, functioning cartilage and maybe end arthritis forever.
The treatment involved injecting a protein related to aging and resulted in brand-new shock-absorbing cartilage growing back between the joints.
It also stopped arthritis from developing after ACL tears.
From Science Daily:
The protein at the center of the study is called 15-PGDH. Researchers refer to it as a gerozyme because its levels increase as the body ages.
If the protein is blocked, chondrocytes change how their genes behave, shifting into a more youthful state.
‘This is a new way of regenerating adult tissue, and it has significant clinical promise for treating arthritis due to aging or injury,' said Helen Blau, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology. ‘We were looking for stem cells, but they are clearly not involved. It's very exciting.'
And it's not just cartilage.
By blocking 15-PGDH or increasing prostaglandin E2 levels, researchers previously supported the repair of damaged muscle, nerve, bone, colon, liver, and blood cells
After these successful tests, they are also developing a pill to see if the same results can be achieved orally and not just by targeted injection.
So ... what's the catch?
All of these tests have only been conducted on mice, but they have tested on human tissue in the lab and produced the same results.
The protein-blocker is already in human trials for some of the other age-related issues:
Blau added, ‘Phase 1 clinical trials of a 15-PGDH inhibitor for muscle weakness have shown that it is safe and active in healthy volunteers. Our hope is that a similar trial will be launched soon to test its effect in cartilage regeneration.'
If this works out, it won't even matter if Social Security goes bankrupt.
No one will ever be able to retire again … ever.
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