A stem cell Research Center with a focus on osteoarthritis opens in the UK

   
 
 
UK Opens Stem Cell Research Center (written by Biloine Young @ OTW)
Scientists at Newcastle University and Arthritis Research, in the United Kingdom, are joining the international campaign to successfully regenerate bone and cartilage, damaged by degenerative joint disease, through the use of a patient’s own stem cells.
The research, if successful, could revolutionize the treatment of osteoarthritis. Researchers say that within five years they hope to treat early osteoarthritis by introducing adult stem cells and other types of cells into damaged joints and repair damage thro...