Newcastle's Tissue Engineering Centre aims to develop stem cell treatments for arthritis
Published date : 18 October 2011
Article date : 18 October 2011
Arthritis Research UK has launched a £6 million experimental tissue engineering centre led by Newcastle University. The aim of the project is ultimately to develop biological therapies for osteoarthritis using stem cells. The centre is led by Newcastle University but is a collaboration with The University of Aberdeen, Keel University/The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital and the University of York. Professor Andrew McCaskie, Centre Director is hoping to develop treatments which would remove the need for conventional joint replacement by, for example, intervening earlier on in the disease process with arthroscopic techniques.
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