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American Family Physician August 1, 2000 Dennis Y. Wen	Intra-articular Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis ...Osteoarthritis is characterized by a loss of articular cartilage, which has a highly limited capacity to heal itself. Viscosupplementation is a newly available option for patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis that involves a series of intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid....
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Chemistry World January 31, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Ketene comes in from the cold The ketene group, -C=C=O, is capable of rich and diverse chemistry, says Craig Hawker of the University of California, Santa Barbara
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Chemistry World September 11, 2009 Tom Bond	Just heat and heal A polymer system based on weak, reversible bonds that can heal itself when heated has been created by UK and US chemists. The new polymers could be further developed and used in the aerospace and other industries, say the researchers.
American Family Physician March 1, 2004	Osteoarthritis: How to Stay Active Common question answered about osteoarthritis.
Chemistry World October 5, 2006 Victoria Gill	Polymer Chemists Tap the Body's Organs The strained tendons and ligaments that end many sporting careers could be repaired with polymers made from our own digestive chemicals. Researchers have devised a chemical method to make degradable elastomers -- polymers with elastic properties -- using bile acid.
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Chemistry World December 4, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Polymer Chemistry Tackles Implant Concerns Advances in polymer chemistry could help resolve safety concerns surrounding body implants, such as stents to hold open clogged arteries, scientists heard at the Materials Research Society Fall meeting.
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AskMen.com Dave Golokhov	Knee Problems And Sports Tufts Medical Center in Boston has concluded new research that lists elite soccer as the most likely sport to lead to knee arthritis.
Chemistry World March 3, 2013 James Urquhart	Polymer production line runs on DNA US researchers have developed a purely chemical and enzyme-free system that can build synthetic polymers using DNA as a template.
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Chemistry World May 16, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Switching Off Polymerisation in the Dark With summer in full swing, the world of polymer science is about to get a boost following news that sunlight can kick-start living polymerisation reactions. The twist is that the reaction stops in the dark.
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Science News November 8, 2003 Janet Raloff	Chopsticks and Pain If there's any consolation to those of us who have fumbled with chopsticks, a new study questions the ergonomics of these dining implements.
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Chemistry World April 30, 2015 Simon Hadlington	Floppy polymer defies convention to form rigid framework Chemists in the US have turned received wisdom on its head by using floppy, linear polymers to construct a rigid, crystalline, three-dimensional metal -- organic framework.
Chemistry World March 29, 2012 Tegan Thomas	Hair and polymers click In the search for new haircare products, scientists in the UK have developed a new method to chemically modify hair with polymers.
Chemistry World February 4, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Green Chemistry Aids Bone Repair A biodegradable polymer made with green solvents can mend broken thigh bones in mice, researchers have shown.
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Chemistry World February 24, 2015 Phillip Broadwith	Catalytic carbon dioxide convertors The world's demand for energy, and the resultant carbon dioxide emissions, are drastically changing our climate. UK startup Econic Technologies is developing catalysts that could take some of that CO 2 and lock it up in high-performance polymer materials.
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