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SUMMARY:Biological approaches to the treatment of musculoskeletal injury w
 ith cell therapies. - Mr Alan Getgood\, Orthopaedic Research Unit
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CONTACT:Meera Arumugam
DESCRIPTION:Injuries to musculoskeletal tissues require the correct mechan
 ical and biological conditions to allow healing to occur. Unfortunately\, 
 it is often the case that even with the correct factors being present\, a 
 regenerate tissue is not formed.\nA key aspect of tissue engineering is us
 ing added cells to enhance the body’s own natural healing response. In o
 rthopaedics\, a number of cell types have been used in the clinical settin
 g\, attempting to stimulate healing\, expedite healing\, or indeed improve
  the regenerative response.\nThis presentation will focus mainly on two ty
 pes of cell\; the adult mesenchymal stem cell and the chondrocyte. The bas
 ic science behind these cell types will be explained using examples of cli
 nical research to illustrate each.\nFinally\, an insight will be given int
 o our research aimed at treating cartilage injury with cell and scaffold c
 ombinations. This work is focused upon patient side ‘point of service’
  cell therapy applications.\nMr Alan Getgood - Co-Founder Alan is an Ortho
 paedic Registrar on the East Anglian Orthopaedic Training Rotation. He is 
 currently taking time out of his rotation to do a 2 year MD investigating 
 the use of a regionally specific collagen/glycosaminoglycan scaffold in ar
 ticular cartilage tissue engineering. His clinical interests lie within sp
 orts injuries and the treatment of young arthritics\, with particular focu
 s on articular cartilage and meniscal regeneration. 
LOCATION:Cripps Court\, Magdalene College
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