UTA researcher uses microscaffolding injections to mend cartilage, prevent osteoarthritis

Liping Tang, professor and interim chair of the bioengineering department at the University of Texas at Arlington, is working on a US Army grant that will use microscaffolding injections to... A UT Arlington bioengineering professor has received a $1.04 million grant from the U.S. Army that aims to regenerate cartilage tissue and reduce osteoarthritis using a patient's own stem cells, spurred through the injection of microscaffolding made of biodegradable polymers. Liping Tang, a bioengineering professor and interim chair of the bioengineering department, said the research is primarily focused on helping soldiers who are severely injured on the battlefield.

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