Knee treatment
About 13% of women and 10% of men ages 60 or older have knee osteoarthritis, a leading cause of disability among Americans. Many of them undergo knee replacement surgery to retain mobility.
But what if there was a way to strengthen the muscles around the knee to alleviate pain and preserve knee function without a joint replacement? To find out, UCI Health researchers are conducting the first-in-human clinical trial of a stem cell-derived treatment that could help keep aging knees strong and pain-free.