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Medical scientists develop ‘game changing’ stem cell repair system
http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/medical-scientists-develop-%e2%80%98game-changing%e2%80%99-stem-cell-repair-system[font face=Serif][font size=5]Medical scientists develop ‘game changing’ stem cell repair system[/font]
04 Apr 2016 Dan Wheelahan
[font size=4]Stem cell therapies capable of regenerating any human tissue damaged by injury, disease or ageing could be available within a few years, following breakthrough research led by UNSW researchers.[/font]
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The repair system, similar to the method used by salamanders to regenerate limbs, could be used to repair everything from spinal discs to bone fractures, and has the potential to transform current treatment approaches to regenerative medicine.
The UNSW-led research has been published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal.
Study lead author, haematologist and UNSW Associate Professor John Pimanda, said the new technique, which reprograms bone and fat cells into induced multipotent stem cells (iMS), has been successfully demonstrated in mice.
“This technique is a significant advance on many of the current unproven stem cell therapies, which have shown little or no objective evidence they contribute directly to new tissue formation,” Associate Professor Pimanda said.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1518244113
04 Apr 2016 Dan Wheelahan
[font size=4]Stem cell therapies capable of regenerating any human tissue damaged by injury, disease or ageing could be available within a few years, following breakthrough research led by UNSW researchers.[/font]
[font size=3]…
The repair system, similar to the method used by salamanders to regenerate limbs, could be used to repair everything from spinal discs to bone fractures, and has the potential to transform current treatment approaches to regenerative medicine.
The UNSW-led research has been published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal.
Study lead author, haematologist and UNSW Associate Professor John Pimanda, said the new technique, which reprograms bone and fat cells into induced multipotent stem cells (iMS), has been successfully demonstrated in mice.
“This technique is a significant advance on many of the current unproven stem cell therapies, which have shown little or no objective evidence they contribute directly to new tissue formation,” Associate Professor Pimanda said.
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