[msuniverse2026]

Scientists regrowing everything except hair. Fuck my life.

[cebert]

I am hoping for advancements in cartilage growth. I underwent microfracture surgery in my knee and will eventually need a replacement unless we make progress in this field. I would prefer to avoid knee replacement if possible because I enjoy being active. I am hopeful we’re getting close.

[esseph]

Anecdotal, but I was going in for carpal tunnel work and ran into an older gentleman, probably early 70s, that had just gone through a knee replacement a week earlier. He was walking around on it and said he wasn't really in any pain.

I was amazed.

YMMV.

[tmtvl]

In the summer my knees were so wrecked I could barely make it up and down the stairs. My GP first thought it was an inflammation and prescribed something for that, but when I went back after a couple of weeks he said the cartilage may have worn off and prescribed me Flexofytol. It may be placebo effect, but between taking it a bit easier, cycling more, and the flexofytol, my knees are the best they've been since I injured them in the first place.

[derektank]

Phase 2 trials on PP405 just completed. They’ll probably begin phase 3 trials sometime next year if you’re looking to enroll.

https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06393452

[kolinko]

$4k and a trip to Turkey. I did it last tear and can recommend :)

[gensym]

My meniscus would like a word.

[xenospn]

And limbs.

[piskov]

I would say every tissue: no bones, no organs, eyes, ears, nerves, skin.

Like what can they grow?

[zaken]

finasteride + minoxidil

[janice1999]

Just keep your mental health in mind - there's growing concern that the link between finasteride and depression has been underestimated [0].

[0] https://www.psychiatrist.com/jcp/analytical-review-depressio...

[b3ing]

Finasteride can make you have man-boobs, it’s a known side effect

[piskov]

Once the follicle is closed/gone, it’s gone.

Minoxidil won’t help grow hair on a patch of bold skin. After that only hair transplantation

[simmerup]

If you don't have sides that is