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Michigan Medicine: Why Tendons Heal So Poorly and How Researchers Hope to Fix Them
September 05, 2026
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 5 (TNSjou) -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release:

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Why tendons heal so poorly and how researchers hope to fix them

Tiny "microtendons" help researchers study how tendon disease develops

Author: Chris Zoladz

About 30% of adults over age 60 have a rotator cuff tear, making it one of the most common tendon injuries in . . .

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