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Sep 2026
Therapeutic potential of natural polymer-based microgels for cartilage regeneration with implications for osteoarthritis.
Articular cartilage has a limited intrinsic capacity for self-repair because of its avascular, aneural, and alymphatic nature, making cartilage repair a major clinical challenge. This limitation is particularly important in osteoarthritis (OA), where cartilage loss occurs within a complex whole-joint pathological envir...
Zahra Ghanavati, M. Farokhi, Fatemeh Koeini et al.
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