What is the present and future potential of stem cell technology for clinical and non-clinical applications?
A. Stem cell therapy is already being used by hemato-oncologists for treatment of blood-related disorders. With new frontiers emerging in stem cell therapy with the advent of mesenchymal stem cells, their potential use is being investigated in tissue regeneration too for ailments such as diabetes, arthritis, Crohn’s disease, heart stroke, cardiac arrythymia, COPD, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, critical limb ischemia, etc. Apart from the clinical applications, the stem cells are being used to better understand mechanisms of action of various diseases, and also to explore liver and cardiac toxicity of new investigational drugs. Q. How LifeCell is positioned to offer clinical, R&D and consumer services in this domain? A. LifeCell has an operational stem cell therapy center at Sri Ramachandra Medical College, and is working with global leaders in this space to bring the best offerings to India. A case in point is our clinical trial with Harvest Therapeutics on Critical Limb Ische
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