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Chondrocyte

The cartilage-building cell used in joint-repair protocols.

Why Chondrocyte matters when choosing treatment

The specialised cell that maintains cartilage—distinct from stem cells or growth factors. Clinics sometimes harvest your own chondrocytes (autologous chondrocyte implantation, ACI) to repair joint cartilage, a decades-old technique with moderate evidence for small lesions. The appeal is biological plausibility: you're replacing like-with-like. The limitation: mature chondrocytes in culture often dedifferentiate and lose cartilage-producing ability, and they don't regenerate surrounding tissue. Ask clinics whether they're using mature chondrocytes (older technology) or chondrocyte precursors; also ask about their graft success rate for lesion size matching yours.

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