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Article: Self-transplanted bone marrow cells restore flow to ischemic limbs.
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- Diabetes Week
- Article date:
- January 13, 2003
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2003 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Taking cells from the bone marrow and relocating them to the muscles could be one way to improve peripheral vascular disease in diabetics.
Peripheral vascular disease, marked by ischemia or diminished blood flow in the limbs, is a serious diabetes complication. It can lead to amputation if left unchecked. Stimulating angiogenesis, or new vessel growth, in the affected limb could be one way of treating the disease.
Research done by Ken Hirata and colleagues in Yamaguchi, Japan at Yamaguchi University School of Medicine indicates autologous bone marrow cell implantation ...