Semaglutide might help protect knee cartilage and reduce joint swelling in osteoarthritis, even without people losing weight.

Semaglutide might help slow down joint damage in people with metabolic issues, even beyond just helping them lose weight — it could be protecting the joints directly.

Semaglutide might protect knee cartilage in arthritis, and it's not just because people lose weight — it seems to work directly on the joint, even when diet is kept the same.

A diabetes drug called semaglutide might help protect knee joints in obese mice with arthritis—even if they don’t lose weight.

Semaglutide might help protect cartilage in arthritis by changing how joint cells make energy, switching them from a fast-burning mode to a more efficient one when there's inflammation.

A diabetes drug called semaglutide might help slow down joint damage from osteoarthritis in people with metabolic issues, even beyond just losing weight.