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Injectable hydrogel system prolongs joint retention in osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of chronic pain and disability worldwide. Current intra-articular standards of care, such as analgesics, corticosteroids and viscosupplements, provide only transient symptomatic relief and do not reliably modify disease progression. A major translational barrier is the rapid clearance of small-molecule drugs and biologics from synovial fluid, as well as the…

Injectable hydrogel system prolongs joint retention in osteoarthritis

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The first definition of the metre

The first definition of the metre

August 1 could well be celebrated as metre’s birthday as it was on this day in 1793 that the French National Assembly “affirmed the decimal system and the meridianal definition of the meter”.

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