Tissue Genesis Inc. began clinical trials for a peripheral vascular disease (PVD) treatment composed of adipose-derived adult stem cell-coated vascular grafts. Adipose is more commonly know as fat, a tissue that the company believes has high-output regenerative medicine potential.
The Honolulu-based Tissue Genesis is the first to initiate an FDA-approved trial using the patient’s own fat-derived adult stem cells (ASCs) prepared at the point-of-care, according the company company.
Scientists have been working on way to coat the inside of the synthetic grafts used to treat PVD so that the devices more closely resemble native vessels and increase long-term graft survival, the company said. ASCs can be obtained with a liposuction procedure that Tissue Genesis called "quick and simple."
"Based on previous studies, the potential of ASCs to increase the patency and life of the graft is tremendous," chief science officer Dr. Stuart Williams said in prepared remarks.
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