Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis

Re:Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and s... by observationist on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @05:16PM (#46712400)

With all the mouse research, a lab should compile the top 300 interventions, lifestyles, regimens, etc, and apply it to a generation of mice. Give them all the best of the best gene edits, diets, environments, drug regimens, therapies, exercise, enrichment, and everything else. Get one or two broods of pups each year and breed them for healthspan and well-being, and each year, incorporate the latest and greatest research. Any time they need treatment, or surgery, select from the latest best research for that specific illness or injury.

We have decades of superb mouse health optimization research, it should be applied.

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Re:Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and s... by directevolve on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @07:45PM (#46713779)

The Interventions Testing Program is the closest thing I know of along these lines.

“ The Interventions Testing Program (ITP) is a peer-reviewed program designed to identify agents that extend lifespan and healthspan in mice. Investigators at any university, institute, company, or other organization are invited to recommend interventions for testing by submitting an application before the February deadline each year. Testing is carried out in the genetically heterogeneous UM-HET3 mouse stock at three sites — the Jackson Laboratory, the University of Michigan, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.”

https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/dab/interventions-testing-p...

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Re:Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and s... by tantalor on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @07:51PM (#46713818)

Is this a joke

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Re:Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and s... by anonymous908213 on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @09:03PM (#46714309)

Do übermice sound like a joke to you?

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Re:Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and s... by monster_truck on Thursday January 22, 2026 @06:09AM (#46717690)

HN has needed an (in mice) rule forever, they are obsessed with mice to their own detriment

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Re:Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and s... by helph67 on Thursday January 22, 2026 @04:00PM (#46725077)

"Overall, mice and humans share virtually the same set of genes. Almost every gene found in one species so far has been found in a closely related form in the other. Of the approximately 4,000 genes that have been studied, less than 10 are found in one species but not in the other." https://www.genome.gov/10001345/importance-of-mouse-genome

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Re:Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and s... by justinator on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @05:29PM (#46712535)

paging Bryan Johnson

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Re:Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and s... by overfeed on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @09:13PM (#46714384)

Cave Johnson too.

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Re:Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and s... by ASalazarMX on Thursday January 22, 2026 @12:39PM (#46722524)

2077 News flash: Immortal mice escaped from lab, became dominant species in a few months. Containment efforts ongoing.

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Re:Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and s... by lavelganzu on Monday January 26, 2026 @05:15PM (#46772338)

A plug for an old SMBC-comic on this theme: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2013-02-08

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