06
April
2026
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11:30 AM
America/New_York

Federal Agency Unveils Three Potential Osteoarthritis Treatments

The New York Times reported on research focusing on knee osteoarthritis, featuring insight from Scott Rodeo, MD, sports medicine surgeon at HSS.

Two research teams, at Duke University and at the University of Colorado, Boulder, have developed injections or infusions that regrow bone and cartilage, ARPA-H announced. And a third team, at Columbia University, may have discovered a way to regrow an entire knee.

“It’s hugely promising,” said Dr. Rodeo, who was not associated with the studies. “Right now, everything we have just modifies symptoms,” he added. Curing arthritis by regrowing cartilage and bone “would be a paradigm shift.”

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