Stem cells are getting a lot of press these days as the potential cure for just about everything. Their ability to differentiate into any cell type sees them as the focus of research into many medical conditions.
As osteoarthritis becomes a bigger issue - particularly knee osteoarthritis - there is money to be made on a massive scale and this type of expensive research is now being done.
Human trials are starting as are animal studies. Not all of the animal studies are on rats as this article shows.Vets are using Stem cells to treat zoo animals for knee arthritissuch as the endangered Snow Leopard.
See this piece on Stem Cell Research For Knee Osteoarthritis
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