Video Event: Spotlight: Bone Repair - Mar 2012
Healing Bones with Stem Cells at UC Davis – Intro: CIRM Spotlight on Disease
On March 21, 2012, the CIRM board governing heard from UC Davis researchers who are using bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells to develop new methods for repairing bone deformities and non-healing bone fractures. A clinical trial participant who has benefited from these new methods also spoke. In this video, Claire Pomeroy, vice chancellor of […]
Healing Bones with Stem Cells at UC Davis – Kent Leach: CIRM Spotlight on Disease
The current gold standard for treating non-healing bone fractures and diseases is to graft bone from a healthy part of the body. However, in many cases this method is not sufficient, such as the failed bone grafts for movie critic Roger Ebert, who lost his lower jaw from cancer. Dr. Kent Leach, associate professor of […]
Healing Bones with Stem Cells at UC Davis – Mark Lee: CIRM Spotlight on Disease
Severe bone fractures can lead to such massive bone loss that realigning and fixing the bone with implants is not enough to heal the bone. In these cases, the trauma victim is left with chronic pain and non-functioning limbs. Dr. Mark Lee, an orthopedic surgeon at the UC Davis School of Medicine, is developing new […]
Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Broken Bones – A Patient’s Story: CIRM Spotlight on Disease
For Diane Souza, working on her 23 acre ranch in Northern California is a labor of love. But an accident in 2011 left her with a broken arm that would not heal. Souza was faced with the possibility of having only one working arm. Not wanting to give up her ranch life, she entered a […]
Healing Bones with Stem Cells at UC Davis – Q&A: CIRM Spotlight on Disease
Question and answer session from the CIRM governing board’s Spotlight on Disease seminar on March 21, 2012 in Sacramento, California. The board heard from UC Davis researchers who are using bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells to develop new methods for repairing bone deformities and non-healing bone fractures.