Primary Recipient

MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Amount

$206,654.00

Award Date

9/29/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Menisci function to distribution load and increase stability of the knee joint. Both partial and complete meniscectomy have been shown to increase the incidence of osteoarthritis. Meniscal replacement with allograft, synthetic or tissue engineered replace