by Luciën E. P. M. van der Vlugt, Lucja A. Labuda, Arifa Ozir-Fazalalikhan, Ellen Lievers, Anouk K. Gloudemans, Kit-Yeng Liu, Tom A. Barr, Tim Sparwasser, Louis Boon, Ulysse Ateba Ngoa, Eliane Ngoune Feugap, Ayola A. Adegnika, Peter G. Kremsner, David Gray, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Hermelijn H. Smits

(Hospital for Special Surgery) A new study has demonstrated that a procedure wherein healthy cartilage is transplanted to fix an area of damaged cartilage (osteoarticular cartilage transplantation or OATS procedure) is superior to the standard of care for repairing cartilage defects, helping to prevent the onset of osteoarthritis.

(Thomas Jefferson University) In their search for new, better ways to diagnose periprosthetic joint infection, Rothman Institute at Jefferson researchers have shown that the accepted method of diagnosis, measuring a patients' serum white blood cell count and the percentage of neutrophils in the synovial fluid, has a minimal role in the determination of PJI.

(CSIC, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) Researchers from Cajal Institute have developed an application on the social network to test different cognitive skills. Results will enable researchers to determine what parameters affect visual ability of the human being.

by Patricio A. Manque, Ute Woehlbier, Ana M. Lara, Fernando Tenjo, João M. Alves, Gregory A. Buck