Researchers tell i they're hopeful they can start clinical trials in the next few years after stem cell therapy helped a gorilla to walk again
is worn and damaged, the process is irreversible and current treatments focus on controlling symptoms but not to treat the disease itself. It is the most common type of arthritis in the UK, affecting around 8 million people.
Professor Mark Wilson, of Sheffield University and Stem CellX, described the work as “ground breaking”.“This work is in its very early stages but hopefully will lead to a real solution for patients to the pain and suffering that arthritis causes.” “There are several steps before we can do a clinical trial. We need to develop a robust way to produce the cells in reproducible quality and we need evidence for efficacy in laboratory models.”
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