This Health Research Program opportunity is with Dr. Caroline Dealy, Orthopedic Surgery, Orthodontics, Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology.
Project Description: Individuals who experience traumatic injury to their knee cartilage are at high risk for rapid development of osteoarthritis that can lead to disability in as few as 10-15 years. Osteochondral Allografting is a clinical repair approach in which the damaged region is surgically removed and replaced with a plug of donor cartilage. This approach provides good short term outcomes but eventually all grafts fail and osteoarthritis can then set in. The grafts fail because they never fully integrate into the patients' own cartilage. The goal of this project is to understand the cellular mechanisms of cartilage healing, and to develop a clinically feasible approach to stimulate healing so that grafts integrate fully after implantation and are retained longer, perhaps even permanently.
For full details about this Health Research Program opportunity, visit https://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/hrp/su24-42
For full details about the Health Research Program, visit ugradresearch.uconn.edu/hrp/
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HRP SU24-42: Research Opportunity with Dr. Caroline Dealy
This Health Research Program opportunity is with Dr. Caroline Dealy, Orthopedic Surgery, Orthodontics, Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology.
Project Description: Individuals who experience traumatic injury to their knee cartilage are at high risk for rapid development of osteoarthritis that can lead to disability in as few as 10-15 years. Osteochondral Allografting is a clinical repair approach in which the damaged region is surgically removed and replaced with a plug of donor cartilage. This approach provides good short term outcomes but eventually all grafts fail and osteoarthritis can then set in. The grafts fail because they never fully integrate into the patients' own cartilage. The goal of this project is to understand the cellular mechanisms of cartilage healing, and to develop a clinically feasible approach to stimulate healing so that grafts integrate fully after implantation and are retained longer, perhaps even permanently.
For full details about this Health Research Program opportunity, visit https://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/hrp/su24-42
For full details about the Health Research Program, visit ugradresearch.uconn.edu/hrp/
Submissions to this program are made via a third-party software application, SurveyMonkey Apply. The terms of use and privacy statements for this software apply to your use of it and to the information you provide in your application. Before proceeding with your submission, please review their terms and privacy statements linked below.