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Anyone know enough to know if a similar approach has been tried for soft tissue repair (joints, tendons, ligaments, etc.)? EG: injecting nanoparticles with sui

• aarongough 17y ago
  They actually say in the article that they have had similar results with tendon repair (in the section where they're talking about bone repair). I'm not sure about other soft tissues. Its unfortunate that because of the laws against the uses human stem cells we already miss out on a bunch of very valid and useful soft-tissue treatments! There's actually a company that is already doing soft-tissue regeneration (specifically tendons) using autologous stem cells for dogs, very cool stuff! I'll post the link to the article if I can find it! Maybe this could be a viable alternative though!
  • frig 17y ago
    I missed that; ctrl-f tendon doesn't find it, but ctrl-f cartilage turns it up. Thanks for bringing it up. When you hit a certain age "oh my aching joints" is far more relevant to your interests than "brains might survive motorcycle crash", though the brain stuff is admittedly cooler. Stem cells may not necessary for soft tissue; if you could inject some time-release hormones or steroids or whatnot you might get improved results vis-a-vis what's out there now.
    • aarongough 17y ago
      Haha, unfortunately for me that age was 23... I'm 24 now and still dealing with knees that I almost destroyed via my love for martial arts... I totally agree that stem cells may not be needed but it would be amazing if scientists got to explore all of the possibilities, rather than just the ones people weren't afraid of for a number of un-informed reasons...