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Preclinical and clinical evidence for stem cell therapies as treatment for diabetic wounds.
Drug discovery today - 1 Jun 2015
Heublein Hannes, Bader Augustinus, Giri Shibashish
Abstract excerpt
Diabetic wounds remain a global unsolved problem and the cost of diabetes-related amputations and diabetic wound treatment is approximately US$3 billion and US$9 billion per year, respectively. Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) occur in 15% of all patients with diabetes and precede 84% of all diabetes-related lower leg amputations. Currently, there is no satisfying treatment for these hard-to-heal-wounds. However, as...
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