STEMS CELLS HELP ARTHRITIS

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ARTHRITIS sufferers could be offered cartilage replacements within five years after a breakthrough by British scientists.

Treatment for the crippling condition is currently limited to basic pain relief or complex joint replacement surgery.

But trials using stem cells have shown ­“astonishing” results with tissue almost as good as new after just three months.

Professor Sue Kimber, who led the research, said: “This work represents an important step forward in treating cartilage damage using embryonic stem cells to form new tissue.

“It may offer a new line of therapy for people with crippling joint pain and we now need this process to be developed for patients.”

Osteoarthritis occurs when cartilage at the ends of bones wears away causing severe pain and stiffness.

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