Scientists Use Bone Marrow MSCs for Partial Bladder Regeneration in Primates

Researchers in the U.S. reported on the development of a new technique that uses bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to partially regenerate bladder tissue in nonhuman primates.

U.S. team hopes technique will lead to new approach to repair developmental bladder abnormalities.[3drenderings-Fotolia.com]

Researchers in the U.S. reported on the development of a new technique that uses bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to partially regenerate bladder tissue in nonhuman primates. They hope their achievement will provide new insights into the bladder-regeneration process in vivo, and ultimately lead to new approaches to correcting developmental bladder abnormalities in pediatric patients. The studies, reported by Arun Sharma, Ph.D., and Earl Cheng, Ph.D., from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, are pu