Stem cell therapy to reverse arthritis

“With no real forms of treatment other than pain-relieving medications or a full joint replacement, osteoarthritis remains a difficult disorder to tackle, at great pain and discomfort to sufferers. Regenerating the degrading tissue in worn out joints through the use of stem cells is one promising possibility, and scientists in China have just demonstrated how a newly developed “cryogel” can be used to dramatically improve this technique’s effectiveness, by reversing osteoarthritis in mice:” according to researchers at Wuhan Union Hospital.     MORE

Image Credit:  Credit: Wei Tong, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science And Technology