UConn Researcher Makes Advances in Tissue Engineering New approaches in complex tissue engineering offer a promising avenue for future joint repair treatments. UConn researchers, including Professor Syam Nukavarapu, standing, and graduate student Hyun S. Kim, have developed a novel method in tissue engineering (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Photo taken pre-COVID) Copy Link Every time you walk, run, or pick up a cup of coffee, your joints are at work. For millions of people with osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease, these simple movements are incredibly painful. O...