Cartilage, Inc. a bio-medical start up from the University of California, Irvine is developing a product that seeks to avoid such a “catastrophic” outcome for people afflicted with TMJ disorders, co-founder Kyriacos A. Athanasiou told the Business Journal. Athanasiou, a professor of biomedical engineering at UCI, leads the research team developing the startup’s engineering neocartilage implant, Hyaleon. Cartilage officials hope that the implant will restore TMJ function by generating missing tissue and repairing defects in the jaw joint. UCI and Cartilage’s research team last month received a $6 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine …. [Subscription required, you can request an electronic copy of the article by sending an email to communications@uci.edu.] Read More