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Although reliable therapy for knee osteoarthritis (OA) exists, treatment is not always successful. New ways of treating pain are crucial for patients whose pain persists, especially those who cannot, or will not, tolerate knee replacement therapy.
Data published in November 2023, in Arthritis...
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Over 3 million American adults have Crohn’s disease. Of those, 30% to 40% develop perianal fistulas that can cause discomfort, swelling, pain, and blood and/or pus leakage. Surgery may help some, but statistically over half are not. Nanofiber hydrogel with stem cells to the rescue? This injectable...
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Cancer and degenerative diseases can cause bone loss. Via sound waves and tissue engineering, stem cells can be turned into bone cells, but the process is difficult and painful, involving bone marrow extraction. Researchers now report that use of higher frequency sound waves overcomes some of these...
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Diabetic foot ulcers may lead to amputation and even death. A study of the potential benefits of stem cell treatment on diabetic ulcers, in the journal Stem Cells Translational Medicine, “demonstrates the possibility of a novel cell injection therapy that can alleviate pain and infection, accelerate...
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Newswise — In experiments with mice and human tissue samples, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report evidence that neuronal stem cells in the part of the nose responsible for the sense of smell transform themselves to perpetuate the long-term inflammation in chronic sinusitis. Results of the...
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Newswise — Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania have developed a unique technique that uses stem cells and flexible implantable bone-stabilizing plates to help speed the healing of large breaks or defects.
The technique allows the stem cells...