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The work was presented July 19 at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Vancouver.
"Researchers have suspected that MDS is a stem cell disease and now we finally have proof," said co-senior author Amit Verma, M.B.B.S. Dr. Verman is associate professor of medicine and developmental and molecular biology at Einstein and a physician at Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care.
PBC is a chronic, progressive disease that affects one in 1,000 women over the age of 40.
Cell therapies are traditionally delivered through intravenous (IV) injections for systemic effect.
The Neo-Urinary Conduit™ combines a patient's own cells and a bio-absorbable scaffold to regenerate a native-like urinary tissue conduit, transporting urine through a hole in the abdomen into a standard ostomy bag.