Blood test predicts knee osteoarthritis up to 8 years in advance
A blood test successfully predicted most knee osteoarthritis cases up to 8 years before signs of the disease first appeared on X-ray, according to data published in Science Advances. “This confirms our expectation that very early OA is silent and ‘hiding in plain sight’ due to the fact that cartilage tissue has no nerves and therefore can be degraded early on without giving off