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January 16, 2015

Strange But True!

Q. How might one body part come to the aid of another body part — in this case, torn knee cartilage?

A. “If you need a new knee, look no further than the end of your nose,” answers Helen Thomson in New Scientist magazine. Cartilage, which covers and cushions the surface of joints, generally does not regenerate once damaged, but “cartilage cells from the nasal septum (the part of the nose that separates the nostrils) are known to have a great capacity to grow and form new cartilage.”


 
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