Source: Daily Telegraph
Posted: 16/10/2007 12:01am BST
Summary:
The Daily Telegraph reports scientists are researching a new way to use bone marrow stem cell to improve outcomes of hip replacements:
"British scientists are developing a promising way to harvest a patient's stem cells in the hope it can boost the success rate of 'revision hip replacements'."
The article continues to explain how the procedure would be performed and what outcome is expected if a potential treatment is created:
"The cells would be removed from bone marrow and extracted from the patient's hip under anaesthetic. Stem cells from the marrow are isolated, then grown in the laboratory in sterile conditions and used to seed new growth in the bone chips. It is hoped this will create a more effective way to fix bone damage and inflammation caused by debris from the old artificial joint."
