HEAL Initiative Whole Joint Health Program
Funds phased research that first maps the tissue mechanisms behind joint pain, then tests non-drug ways to treat it.
About
Joint pain affects close to half of adults in the United States, and most of what treats it looks at one tissue — bone or cartilage — in isolation. This program funds looking at the whole joint instead, muscle and connective tissue included, and then testing what that wider view suggests as treatment.
The structure is two phases inside one award. Phase 1 identifies and validates the multi-tissue …
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