Scientists have successfully grown a "living bandage" from a patients own cells to heal a common sporting knee injury . Scientists at Bristol University have now managed to heal cartilage tissue in a laboratory with stem cells taken from a patient’s own bone marrow. They used the cells to coat a sponge-like scaffold, and placed it inside the tear in the cartilage. The stem cells pulled the two pieces of torn cartilage together. This is great step towards organ regeneration(The future of stem cell research). Many men and women suffer injuries on a daily basis resulting from twisting the leg during jogging, football, rugby, horse riding or skiing. Professional sportsmen opt to have the tissue removed. Removal of the loose cartilage allows the athletes to recover but has lethal consequences like development of osteoarthritis.
Thats why the stem cell living bandages is a great news to all. The team at Bristol University led by Anthony Hollander are testing the bandages on patients. It is a very unique idea where the scaffold is placed inside the tear and the stem cells knit across the two sides of the lesion and cause a reuniting of the two sides. This concept might be helpful in successfully healing the wound completely.
It is because of such efforts that the field of regenerative medicine will be driven forward.
Thats why the stem cell living bandages is a great news to all. The team at Bristol University led by Anthony Hollander are testing the bandages on patients. It is a very unique idea where the scaffold is placed inside the tear and the stem cells knit across the two sides of the lesion and cause a reuniting of the two sides. This concept might be helpful in successfully healing the wound completely.
It is because of such efforts that the field of regenerative medicine will be driven forward.
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