Duchenne UK awarded researchers from Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota Medical School $945,000 to advance their work around a stem cell-based therapy to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Biologics
A column by the right-leaning Independent Institute concerned the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Here are five key developments in stem cell treatments for spine and orthopedics.
Fairlawn, Ohio-based Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center is using biologic therapies to treat anterior cruciate ligament and joint-related injuries.
Richard Kim, MD, is using stem cells to help relieve patient pain at his private practice in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Ortho Regenerative Technologies reported a successful pre-investigational drug meeting with the FDA in February and is now preparing for its rotator cuff phase I/II clinical trial.
In July, orthobiologics company Biogennix hit its best ever month for sales since its formation in 2009.
Biofirma, a subsidiary of IMAC Holdings, received "registered" status by the FDA.
A study published in Stem Cells Translational Medicine found that an injection of human amniotic fluid stem cells can be used to protect the spinal cord of a fetus from myelomeningocele.
John Tierney, DO, used Anika Therapeutics' injectable hyaluronic acid-based bone repair product in a patient.