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Stanford scientists regrow lost cartilage and reverse arthritis in major breakthrough
(www.sciencedaily.com)
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2026
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Wow, this is really exciting. I guess it’ll take years more research before we’ll know if this can benefit humans, but if they can replicate the results with humans then it could potentially prevent chronic pain and mobility issues in millions of people.
Hopefully not just humans. Many dogs for example suffer from the very same issues when they get older.
it's always seemed weird to me that aging takes 20 years in dogs but 80 years in humans. i mean, if it's a physical hardware failure, then you would expect it to be independent of age and only dependent on past physical load.
Not a scientist, but from what I know it's all linked and proportional to a species' lifespan, so dogs are growing up faster, but also aging faster than humans in general. If a human reaches sexual maturity at 15, a dog does so at 1 or 2.
Take a drug to regrow cartilage and get w vaccine for the cancer it allows.
With enough science, anything is possible.
I wonder if that'll be the route to immortality from age.
The drug that stops the aging, and a drug that stops the cancer.
Trying to solve just the aging never works, but the combo does.
Or it causes some new, unexpected side effect
Super human powers when you start growing extra ears or eyes?
I was imagining something that kills you or makes you wish you were dead. But hey, Xmen powers would be cool too.
FTFY