Category: Clinical updates
Published on: 23rd May 2019
Periodontitis is a painful and destructive dental disease caused by bacteria that induce inflammation, leading to the loss of gums surrounding teeth. As one of the most common dental diseases affecting a large number of the population, researchers have designed a new stem cell-based therapy to treat it.
Published on: 1st May 2019
A clinical trial in Toronto, Canada has demonstrated that a single injection of MSCs (mesenchymal stem cells) can safely reduce pain and improve quality of patients with late-stage osteoarthritis of the knee.
Published on: 9th April 2019
Scientists at Future Health Biobank have provided samples of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), to aid pioneering research into the regeneration of tooth dentin and bone.
Published on: 27th March 2019
In 2016, Kris Boesen suffered a devastating cervical spine injury when he was just 20 years old. The injury happened after a serious car accident in Bakersfield, USA, which left him paralysed from the neck down. It was expected that he would remain paralysed for life.
Published on: 13th March 2019
Phase I/II clinical trials have investigated the benefits of stem cell therapy for chronic paraplegia (spinal cord injury), using a drug manufactured with patients’ own stem cells.
