"People are living longer than ever, so if we have an opportunity to prevent or even delay the need for joint replacements, that is advantageous for those people’s lives,” he said. “Joint preservation is that opportunity. It is an opportunity for us to take advantage of early diagnosis, to intervene in the process of degeneration of a joint at an early time point when it can be altered and change the natural history of the disease, so that we prevent or delay the onset of arthritis." - Dr. Domb