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Kristin Comella, U.S. Stem Cell's CSO, Co-Authors Scientific Paper on Intra-Articular Injection for Osteoarthritis Published in The Journal of Translational Medicine
Kristin Comella, U.S. Stem Cell's CSO, Co-Authors Scientific Paper on Intra-Articular Injection for Osteoarthritis Published in The Journal of Translational Medicine.
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[{"type":"text","content":"SUNRISE, FL / ACCESSWIRE / June 21, 2017 / U.S. Stem Cell (OTCQB: USRM). A scientific paper about intra-articular injection for the treatment of osteoarthritis co-authored by Kristin Comella, Chief Science Officer at U.S. Stem Cell, Inc., a Florida corporation and leader in novel regenerative medicine solutions and physician-based stem cell therapies for human and animal patients, was published in the June 20, 2017 issue of the Journal of Translational Medicine.Comella is a world-renowned expert on regenerative medicine with a focus on adipose derived stem cells. She was named number 24 on Terrapin's list of the Top 50 Global Stem Cell Influencers and number 1 on the Academy of Regenerative Practices list of Top 10 Stem Cell Innovators. Comella has pioneered stem cell therapies from various sources including cord blood, bone marrow, muscle, and adipose.Entitled, \"Intra-articular injection in the knee of adipose derived stromal cells (stromal vascular fraction) and platelet rich plasma for osteoarthritis,\" the scientific paper was co-authored by Kristin Comella, Himanshu Bansal, Jerry Leon, Poonam Verma, Diwaker Agrawal, Prasad Koka and Thomas Ichim. Below is a link and abstract to the paper: http://bit.ly/2smaM93.Background: Stromal vascular fraction (SVF) can easily be obtained from a mini- lipoaspirate procedure of fat tissue and platelet rich plasma (PRP) can be obtained from peripheral blood. We evaluated the safety and preliminary effi-cacy of administering SVF and PRP intra-articularly into patients with osteoarthritis grade 1 and 2.Methods: A total of ten patients underwent a local tumescent liposuction procedure to remove approximately 100 ml of fat tissue from the abdomen. SVF was isolated using an enzyme digestion and resuspended in PRP for intra-articular injection in the knee. The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) score and six-minute walk distance (6MWD) were used to evaluate clinical effects and included the measure of patient's subjective assessment of pain, joint mobility, and physical disability. WOMAC score, 6MWD and laboratory tests were repeated at 3 and 6 months and 1, 1.5 and 2 years. XRAY and MRI were completed at 1 year.Results: The average total WOMAC score was 64 at baseline and significantly reduced to 52 at 3 months, 46 at 6 months, 42 at 1 year, 38 at 1.5 years, and...