Researchers at Kaunas University of Technology isolated extracellular vesicles from menstrual blood stem cells and applied them to damaged human cartilage tissue. Published in Scientific Reports, the study found the vesicles reduced cartilage breakdown and boosted production of key structural proteins — a potential cell-free therapy for osteoarthritis, which affects over 600 million people worldwide.
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Células madre de la sangre menstrual reparan el cartílago en estudios de laboratorio

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Investigadores de la Universidad de Tecnología de Kaunas aislaron vesículas extracelulares de células madre de sangre menstrual y las aplicaron sobre tejido cartilaginoso humano dañado. Publicado en Scientific Reports, el estudio mostró que las vesículas reducen la degradación del cartílago y estimulan la producción de proteínas estructurales clave, abriendo una posible terapia sin células para la artrosis, que afecta a más de 600 millones de personas.

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