Sentences with phrase «remaining cartilage in the joint»
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Kingsley speculates that in its normal form, the ank protein is a pyrophosphate channel that allows pyrophosphate levels to remain high in cartilage throughout life to prevent calcium phosphate crystal formation in the joint cleft.
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But unlike steroid injections that are quickly cleared, the particles remained in cartilage cells in the joints for weeks.
These nanoparticles remain in the joint longer and help prevent cartilage degeneration.»
The purpose of the surgery is to remove the damaged cartilage, tissue, and bone, and insert an artificial replacement joint in the remaining healthy bone.
The bodies of healthy adult dogs synthesize, or make their own, glucosamine, so that the cartilage in their joints regenerates itself and remains healthy.