Collagen, Once in Place, Never Renews Study suggests OA therapies aimed at restoring collagen are doomed

Despite collagen's apparently low turnover rate, GAGs were determined to have a much faster turnover rate, making them a potential therapeutic target in the treatment of OA, Heinemeier and colleagues noted. They went on to suggest that OA research should aim at overall prevention, and/or therapeutic techniques that target GAGs, or other substances with quick turnover rates when compared with collagen. http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Arthritis/58941?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2016-07-08&eun=g721819d0r