SAN DIEGO — The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has awarded Scripps Health more than $12.7 million to study the use of stem cells to repair certain types of knee injuries.
The funding will support laboratory-based tissue engineering and cartilage and bone repair surgeries in animals, led by investigators at the Shiley Center for Orthopaedic Research and Education at Scripps Clinic on Torrey Pines Mesa. Researchers aim to demonstrate that “surgically implanting the engineered, scaffold-free tissue to repair such injuries in animal models is safe and effective,” according to a Scripps statement.
At the end of the five-year grant period, researchers plan to submit an application to the Food and Drug Administration for a new drug or biological product. If approved, the process could lead to clinical trials in humans…