This chemical energy is stored in carbohydrate molecules, such as sugars, which are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water â hence the name photosynthesis, from the Greek Ïá¿¶Ï, phÅs, light, and ÏÏÎ½Î¸ÎµÏÎ¹Ï, synthesis, putting together.
The human body's own cartilage is still the best material for lining knee joints. This drives efforts to develop ways of using a person's own cells to grow, or re-grow cartilage tissue to replace missing or damaged cartilage.
Years down the road, âultimately the only thing you can really do to change that situation is a total joint replacement,â said Dr. James Gladstone, an orthopedic surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital. So Bassaragh opted for an innovative way to fix his knee: by regrowing cartilage from his own cells.