Recently Completed Grants

Development of Partial-Thickness Articular Cartilage Injury in an Ovine Model
- Funding: UW Sports Medicine Fund (partial funding)
- Funding: Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation (partial funding)
- Principal Investigator: Lee D. Kaplan, MD
- Project Summary: See published manuscripts titled, “Development of Partial Thickness Articular Cartilage Injury in an Ovine Model” J Orthop Res 24:1974-1982, 2006

The Effect of Cytoprotective Agents on the Metabolic Activity of Articular Cartilage Exposed to Defined Levels of Thermal and Mechanical Stress
- Funding: NFL Charities
- Principal Investigator: Lee D. Kaplan, MD
- Project Summary: See Poster titled, “Cytoprotective Agents (IgF-1 and JNK-II Inhibitor) Effects on Articular Cartilage Undergoing Mechanical Chondroplasty”, presented at the Orthopedics Research Society (ORS), San Diego, CA, February, 2006