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Stem cell therapy for arthritis

Watch the BBC video of Professor James Richardson from Oswestry Hospital talking about 'Stem cell therapy for arthritis'. The news article gives details about the work carried out by the OsCell team at the Oswestry Hospital and about the stem cell trials available.
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Special 'off loader' for early knee arthritis

Professor James Richardson from Oswestry's Robert Jones and Angus Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital has learned of a special 'off-loader' for early knee arthritis. Professor Richardson had been working on a similar idea to reduce loading across the knee (but different design) 2 years ago with Dr Jan Herman Kuiper.
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Meeting between Oswestry and Liverpool Bone and Tissue Bank

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.
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First patellar transplant at Oswestry.

First patellar transplant at Oswestry. Last Saturday 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.
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All surgical procedures are regulated.

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.
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