AIIMS to give proof of stem cell research- The Times of India

"Positron Emission Tomography is being installed at AIIMS next month, through which we will get the final proof of our work on heart patients. All the patients would be screened for finding how viable our work was and would also study various heart tissues of the patients metabolically," Dr P Venugopal, director AIIMS, said. 

"We also plan to inject stem cells directly into the pancreatic arteries of patients suffering from diabetes," he says.

"For future research, we are looking at all areas - diabetes, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, other neurological disorders and Parkison’s disease. The residual damage after stroke too can be minimised by injecting stem cells," Dr Venugopal said.

He further explains that no ethical issues are involved in the stem cell research using adult cells, as it is a patient’s own cell that are being used. "But for our study, we did take the permission of the AIIMS ethics committee two years back." 

AIIMS to give proof of stem cell research- The Times of India

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