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2. Stem cell transplantation for articular cartilage repair

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   The most commonly used source of MSC's is bone marrow aspirate. Most of the adult bone marrow consists of blood cells in various stages of differentiation. [10] These marrow components can be divided into plasma, red blood cells, platelets, and nucleated cells. The adult stem cell fraction is present in the nucleated cells of the marrow.

3. Stem-cell therapy - Wikipedia

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   For over 90 years, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has been used to treat people with conditions such as leukemia and lymphoma; this is the only widely practiced form of stem-cell therapy. [5] [6] [7] During chemotherapy, most growing cells are killed by the cytotoxic agents.

4. Knee cartilage replacement therapy - Wikipedia

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   Because mesenchymal stem cells may regenerate cartilage, cartilage growth in human knees using autologous cultured mesenchymal stem cells is under research and preliminary clinical use, and appears to be safe as of 2016. [11] An advantage to this approach is that a person's own stem cells are used, avoiding tissue rejection by the immune system ...

5. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation - Wikipedia

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   [30] [31] In recent years, survival rates have been gradually improving across almost all populations and subpopulations receiving transplants. [64] Mortality for allogeneic stem cell transplantation can be estimated using the prediction model created by Sorror et al., [65] using the Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation-Specific Comorbidity Index ...

6. Peripheral stem cell transplantation - Wikipedia

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   Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT), also called "Peripheral stem cell support", [1] is a method of replacing blood-forming stem cells.Stem cells can be destroyed through cancer treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation, as well as any blood-related diseases, such as leukemia, lymphoma, neuroblastoma and multiple myeloma. [2]

7. Report: Karl-Anthony Towns has stem-cell injections in knees ...

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   After an image of Karl-Anthony Towns wearing a knee brace surfaced over the weekend, ESPN's Ramona Shelburne reported on Sunday that he underwent treatment in both knees and other parts of his body.