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Patient uses fat stem cells to repair his wrist

22-May-2017

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Patient had no cartilage in wrist so joint was bone-on-bone and constantly inflamed.

Developed cysts and holes in the bones of his wrist.

Received an injection of stem cells from his own fat tissue.

Stem cells derived from adipose tissue are particularly good at becoming cartilage and bone.

MRI scan shows cysts are gone, the bone has restructured, and he formed new cartilage.

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David Pearce

President of Innovation & Research for Sanford Health

Eckhard Alt

Executive Chairman of InGeneron, Inc. and Chair Sanford Health

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Stem Cells