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Steven Stice, GRA Eminent Scholar of Regenerative Medicine at the University of Georgia, believes one solution to combat the cost of chronic disease is producing cell-based therapies—products designed to cure and promote self healing—in much larger quantities and more consistent quality ….
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The Journal of Neurotrauma, the authoritative publication focused on neurodegenerative disease research linked to brain trauma, featured West’s work on the development of a translational model for the largest population of TBI victims: children up to four years old….
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The lack of therapeutic intervention has been a longstanding frustration for those who study concussions and other traumatic brain injuries. Now some Georgia researchers may be making headway in addressing the issue…
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Such treatments could be highly beneficial, for example, to veterans. Many veterans suffer from TBIs incurred through shock waves from explosions, with no physical focal point of injury…
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“Everything we do centers on bringing together the educational and biomedical community to accelerate workforce training initiatives statewide and beyond,”…
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“Until now, we had very little evidence specific to neural exosome treatment and the ability to improve motor function,” said Stice. “Just days after stroke, we saw better mobility, improved balance and measurable behavioral benefits in treated animal models.”…
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Through this model, the research team was able to more precisely establish the repair mechanism by which stem cells work in neural tissue regeneration and neuroprotection than was previously known.”The takeaway from this work is that…
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“Partnerships of this nature-that span different universities and sectors-are critical to advancing human health around the world,” said UGA President Jere W. Morehead, “and I want to congratulate Dr. Stice and his team at the University of Georgia’s RBC for helping to drive this important research center.”
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The Brain Glue is a hydrogel matrix with a gelatin-like consistency that acts as a scaffolding for transplanted stem cells, which are capable of repairing damaged tissue. With the unique ability to take the shape of the void left in the brain after a severe trauma, the Brain Glue will enable…
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With this device, the team can collect the patient’s own tissue, sort and culture the cells and then place them back into the patient all in one day, said Lauderdale. It can take weeks to perform this task using conventional methods…
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