Advances in Regenerative Orthopedics

16 Regenerative Orthopedics

Advances in the Use of Stem Cells in Orthopedics

Primordial cells or stem cells are multipotent undifferentiated cells with the capacity to originate any type of cell in the organism. They may have their origins in the blastocyst and thus are classified as embryonic, or tissues developed in fetuses, newborns or adults and thus are known as somatic stem cells. Bone marrow is one of the main locations for isolating primordial cells, and there a...

Advances in stroke regenerative medicine 2007.

We have been charged with the enviable task of highlighting discoveries in the past year that will impact the way stroke rehabilitation is investigated and the way that it is practiced. Regenerative medicine continues to ascend as a discipline. Much of this ascendancy can be attributed to the growing interest and debate surrounding embryonic stem cells and their potential applications for strok...

Erratum to: Regenerative medicine in orthopedics using cells, scaffold, and microRNA

Cells, scaffold, and growth factors are crucially important in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. Progress in science and technology has enabled development of these three factors, with basic research being applied clinically. In the past decade, we have investigated tissue regeneration in animal models of musculoskeletal disorders by using cells, scaffold, and delivery systems which...

Recent advances in regenerative medicine approaches for spinal cord injuries

Traumatic injury to the spinal cord leads to a loss of motor and sensory function below the level of injury. The lack of growthassociated proteins, local expression of inhibitory factors, and scar and cyst formation create an inhibitory environment in the spinal cord, which limits the regenerative capacity of endogenous or transplanted cells. Cell and drug delivery strategies, either alone or i...