VietNamNet Bridge – Cartilatist, the first off-the-shelf medicine product made from stem cells in Vietnam, is the result of 10 years of research and development at the Stem Cell Institute at the HCM City University of Natural Sciences. Currently, physicians mostly prescribe analgesics, hyaluronic acid and neridronate for osteoarthritis. However, these only help ease symptoms,…
Stem cell therapy is considered as a promising therapy for some degenerative diseases. The first clinical application of stem cells in Vietnam was performed in 1995 that medicine doctors at Blood Transfusion Hospital, Ho Chi Minh city used hematopoietic stem cells for leukemia treatment. However, more than 20 years (1995-2017), all treatments using stem cells…
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is the most popular orthopedic degenerative disease in Vietnam. At the present, OA is treated by some drugs to reduce their symptoms but can not regenerate the knee cartilage. Stem cell therapy is the one most promising therapy for cartilage regeneration. In this strategy, Stem Cell Institute (SCI) has developed the autologous…
Vietnam – Knee osteoarthritis is one of the most common diseases, and it affects 12% of the population around the world. Although the disease is chronic, it significantly reduces the patient’s quality of life. At present, stem cell therapy is considered to be an effective approach for treating this condition. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) show…
