猶他大學的燒燙防護中心日前提出成功的醫療成果報告,利用幹細胞液體以噴灑方式直接針對燒燙傷部位進行治療.
研究證實,利用去除紅血球的血小板濃厚液,加上前趨細胞,鈣離子,凝血酵素噴灑至小範圍的燒燙傷組織,能有效的凝血並促進傷口的修護,比起傳統的植皮手術,幹細胞的修補較不易產生併發症.
此項醫療方式和去年12月澳洲研究中心的ReCell治療方法類似,Recell已盛行於澳洲,歐洲和中國,用於因意外引起的燒燙傷的快速治療.Recell的噴霧液中含分解酵素,可以分解受傷組織的基底細胞和角質細胞,促進凝血機制.
兩項醫療行為都是針對燒燙燒的快速治療方式,希望這項結果能實行於全球各地,於第一時間治療燒燙傷病患,減緩病情.
Utah Study Shows Progress In Spray-On Stem Cell Healing Tech
Thinking we once thought spray-on bandages were revolutionary. Doctors at the University of Utah’s Burn Care Center are reporting success in their pilot project testing stem cell solutions sprayed directly onto burns.
Combining a red-cell-free concentration of the patient’s own platelets and progenitor cells with calcium and thrombin, researchers created a solution that is sprayed on to burns topically. In tests, the spray has proven effective in the treatment of small burns and seems to improve the likelihood that a skin graft will take, which could carry positive implications for the application of this technology to other types of transplants.
The University’s research in spray-on stem cells comes on the coattails of a similar U.S. clinical trial of Australian-based ReCell that began last December.
ReCell, a comparable treatment method, has been in widespread use in Australia, Europe and China and garnered attention for its quick treatment of victims of a 2002 bombing in Bali. Much like the Utah study, the ReCell process dissolves basal cells and keratinocytes from a biopsy sample, producing a sprayable enzyme suspension.
Both methods show promise for the use of regenerative technologies in burn treatment. The U.S. Armed Forces Institute for Regenerative Medicine awarded the ReCell clinical trials a $1.45 million grant in 2009 to expedite the process, suggesting that there's enough interest for successful test results to trigger quick approval and eventual widespread use.
