Osteoarthritis Biomarker Detected Using Nanotechnology

Hyaluronic acid (HA) is an extremely ubiquitous molecule that has a wide array of physiological functions—such as inflammation, joint lubrication, and tissue hydration—that may be therapeutically exploitable and is being looked at by industries as diverse as cosmetics to biotechnology. Now, investigators from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have been able to incorporate nanotechnology into the detection and measurement of HA as a biomarker indicative of osteoarthritis and many oth