If we could create (and safely implant) artificial ligaments that are even close to human ligaments that would be amazing for anyone with ligament injuries. Onc

If we could create (and safely implant) artificial ligaments that are even close to human ligaments that would be amazing for anyone with ligament injuries. Once you damage a ligament it never regrows, and current artificial ligaments don't last very long and can cause other health issues. At least for UCL rupture, the current state of the art surgery (Tommy John surgery) involves taking a ligament from some other part of the body and replacing the damaged ligament, which is obviously a major surgery and still doesn't work nearly as well as the original ligament.