Story Summary: Organizers of the recently established Georgia Tech Center for Advanced Bioengineering for Soldier Survivability want to change that. By developing models that accurately reflect the complex aspects of injuries sustained by soldiers in combat, the researchers will be able to test assumptions about when to employ specific strategies and how to ensure their effectiveness. To enhance tissue repair and regeneration following a traumatic injury, the researchers are focusing their efforts on stem cells. Even though stem cells have tremendous potential for repairing such defects, effective methods do not yet exist for delivering them to an injury site and of ensuring that they survive and remain at that site long enough to impact the regeneration process. Clinicians currently inject stem cells into a vein and hope that the cells will migrate to sites of injury and remain at those sites long enough to participate in the repair process. While some cells certainly do migrate to injury sites, the actual percentage is very small and those that arrive at the site do not remain to engraft with the host tissue, explained Boyan. This limited effect may be the result of the injection process, according to Boyan, so researchers in the center are developing ways to protect the cells from damaging forces they might encounter when inserted into the body. Protecting the cells during insertion is just the first step toward improved tissue repair. Please send any medical news or health news press releases to: These are the most read articles from this news category for the last 6 months: Armys January Suicide Rate Could Be Highest Monthly Total Ever09 Feb 2009Seven soldiers committed suicide last month and 17 more suspicious deaths could be confirmed as suicides, which could bring the monthly total number of suicides to its highest level since the military began tracking such. She has tried countless diets and exercise programs, and while some have been successful for awhile, there usually was a stumbling block. She has tried countless diets and exercise programs, and while some have been successful for awhile, there usually was a stumbling block. Weight loss specialist Jana Klauer says many diets fail because people dont see them as a life change. Weight loss specialist Jana Klauer says many diets fail because people dont see them as a life change….Read the Full Story

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