Stem Cell Surgery for Vets Gets Federal Backing
Submitted by SSGMike.Ivy on 17 April 2008 - 5:22pm.
This is great news
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'His Own Live Cells'
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85 Million Federal Grant Announced for Orthopaedic Stem Cell Surgery Using Patients' Own Cells
With the dexterity of a carpenter, the finesse of a master chef and the tools of a painter, Dr. Thomas Einhorn uses stem cells to do something on the cutting edge of science: grow brand new bone. Today, orthopaedic stem cell surgery earned significant backing from the federal government, which announced plans to dedicate $85 million for the creation of the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM) to fund this procedure for veterans injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Einhorn, the chairman of orthopaedic surgery at the Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, used stem cells to try to repair a patient's hip, after seven conventional surgeries had failed. It was the first time he had attempted this specific surgery, which to the untrained eye looks a little like spray painting.
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