Arthritis Joint Therapy

Guest: David Kooyman, PhD, Professor of Physiology and Developmental Biology, BYU; Mike Alder, Technology Transfer, BYU The hands, hips and knees are most frequently at risk for arthritis as we age. Degenerative joint disease – or osteoarthritis – affect more than 30 million American adults. Treatment typically includes exercise, pain medication and, when all else fails, surgery to replace the joint.  Imagine if there were a cream you could rub on an arthritic joint that could stop the pain? Imagine if that cream also addressed the underlying cause of the arthritis?