osteoarthritis: Stem cell trial could help Australians with worn-out knees
It will be blinded, so volunteer patients wont know which injection they will receive. The study is being funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council and will be one of the worlds largest clinical trials to use stem cells for osteoarthritis. Trial participants will receive an off-the-shelf product manufactured by an Australian company called Cynata Therapeutics. Most experimental interventions use stem cells extracted from a patients own fat tissue. The new trial therapy uses ste...
New South Wales Tom Buttel Megan Munsie David Hunter National Health Melbourne University Centre For Stem Cell Systems
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