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Farshid Guilak, PhD, named Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award recipient for research in functional cartilage engineering for total joint resurfacing


Farshid Guilak, PhD, named Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award recipient for research in functional cartilage engineering for total joint resurfacing
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ROSEMONT, Ill., Feb. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The 2021 Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award was presented to Farshid Guilak, PhD and his co-authors, Bradley T. Estes, PhD, and Franklin T. Moutos, PhD, for their research and development of technology to grow bioartificial cartilage using a patient s own donor cells and seeding them on a novel scaffold that can be molded to match the shape of a patient s joint. Following a successful preclinical trial on canines with hip osteoarthritis (OA), the research is soon expected to begin a Phase I clinical trial. Additionally, Dr. Guilak s work in gene therapy to protect against joint inflammation has the potential to advance the treatment of patients with arthritis and some orthopaedic conditions. The Kappa Del ....

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Shriners Hospitals for Children study reveals new link to arthritis


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IMAGE: Lead author of the study, Dr. Kelsey Collins is a postdoctoral fellow in Guilak s laboratory.
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(St. Louis) - A new study by investigators at the Shriners Hospital for Children St. Louis suggests the damaging effects of obesity are not due to body weight but rather come from something much smaller - biochemical signals released by fat cells.
The study focuses on the link between overweight or obesity and the development of osteoarthritis, a painful disease of the joints. The investigation was led by Dr. Farshid Guilak, director of the St. Louis Shriners Hospital Research Center. ....

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