Treating non-union bone fractures with cell therapy

A Nature Outline featuring Kobe University research on non-union bone fractures was published online on October 26, 2017. The findings were made by a team led by Professor KURODA Ryosuke, Associate Professor MATSUMOTO Tomoyuki and Associate Professor NIIKURA Takahiro (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine).

The original research paper was published in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine on December 4, 2013.

Read the Nature Outline here

• Non-union bone fracture | Nature
• Video： Bridging the gap: Cell therapies for non-union bone fracture

Journal information

Title

“Local Transplantation of Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor-Mobilized CD34+ Cells for Patients With Femoral and Tibial Nonunion: Pilot Clinical Trial”

DOI

10.5966/sctm.2013-0106

Authors

Kuroda Ryosuke, Matsumoto Tomoyuki, Niikura Takahiro, Kawakami Yohei, Fukui Tomoaki, Lee Sang Yang, Mifune Yutaka, Kawamata Shin, Fukushima Masanori, Asahara Takayuki, Kawamoto Atsuhiko, Kurosaka Masahiro

Journal

STEM CELLS Translational Medicine

Related links

• Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
• Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation