PainRelief.com Interview with:
Mitsuru Mizuno, DVM, Ph.D.
Assistant professor at CSCRM,
Principal investigator for this study
and Ichiro Sekiya, M.D., Ph.D..

PainRelief.com:  What is the background for this study?  What are the main findings? How are the stem cells obtained?

Response: We have developed a cell therapy for treating difficult-to-heal meniscus injury using mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from the synovium of the knee. However, trisomy 7 is often found in synovial cells obtained from patients with osteoarthritis, a disease that occurs with aging.