From Hilary Gee Concerning your story "A wrinkle pill that feeds your genes" (24 September, p 10), never mind the wrinkles, what about doing something to help creaky joints? The most common form of arthritis involves erosion of cartilage. Arthritic people spend huge amounts of money on glucosamine and chondroitin supplements in the hope that they might protect or restore damaged cartilage. The new pill has apparently been shown to boost collagen production, albeit in skin rather than joints. Collagen is a major ingredient of cartilage, so what effect might the pill have on arthritic joints?
展开▼
