OsCell Latest News Articles http://www.oscell.co.uk/news/news.html Stem Cell Therapy for Arthritis and BBC Interview with Professor James Richardson at the Oswestry Hospital talking about Stem Cells therapy for Arthritis and the trials take place at the Oswestry Hospital. http://www.oscell.co.uk/news/stem-cell-therapy-for-arthritis.html Professor James Richardson from Oswestry's Robert Jones and Angus Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital has learned of a special 'off-loader' for early knee arthritis. Earlier this year the company Moximed contacted Professor Richardson and showed him a very smart device that provides this function with a short spring set alongside the knee. http://www.oscell.co.uk/news/special-off-loader-for-early-knee-arthritis.html In August 2009 the first meeting between Professor James Richardson and the team at Liverpool who run tissue transplantation services took place. The meeting was able to agree that there is now an ability to transplant knee or hip joints. Paul Rooney is head of research and development and his team have developed methods of preserving the chondrocytes in cartilage following preservation. http://www.oscell.co.uk/news/meeting-between-oswestry-and-liverpool-bone-and-tissue-bank.html Last Satarday the first transplant of a patella was performed. The patient who had lost their patella 30 years before following a motorcycle accident. Despite having a good result from ACI to an area of cartilage loss in this knee, the patient could not regain good quadriceps muscle strength. http://www.oscell.co.uk/news/first-patellar-transplant-at-oswestry.html The established method is that they all take place in hospitals where specialists check the environment (staff and buildings) where they take place. Your surgeon is highly trained and licensed to select the right patients and perform the appropriate procedures, with care to check planning and care following surgery. At OsCell, the operations are audited, and those that are part of trials usually have extra checks on the outcomes and risks of the procedures. http://www.oscell.co.uk/news/all-surgical-procedures-are-regulated.html