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The top image shows a knee joint in a healthy rat (white indicates cartilage); the second image from top shows a joint with grade 2 untreated osteoarthritis; the third image shows a joint with osteoarthritis that has worsened from grade 2 to grade 4 after six weeks of placebo therapy; the bottom image shows a joint with osteoarthritis that improved from grade 2 to grade 1 (mild) after six weeks of combination therapy with αKLOTHO and TGFβR2. Image credit: Salk Institute.

Powerful Combination of Two Experimental Drugs Counteracts Osteoarthritis in Rats

Jan 27, 2020 by News Staff

A research team headed by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has discovered that a combination of two molecules, alpha-KLOTHO (αKLOTHO)...