Stem Cell Therapy Could Offer New Hope for Defects and Injuries to Head, Mouth
August 1, 2012 - (University of Michigan) - "Researchers from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and the Michigan Center for Oral Health Research partnered with Ann Arbor-based Aastrom Biosciences Inc. in the clinical trial, which involved 24 patients who required jawbone reconstruction after tooth removal. Patients either received experimental tissue repair cells or traditional guided bone regeneration therapy. The tissue repair cells, called ixmyelocel-T, are under development at Aastrom,which is a U-M spinout company." Read Full Article
