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Kim Silken, 2007 Stockdale High School graduate, spent her summer at the University of Arizona in a laboratory dedicated to the development of a new treatment for arthritis.
Osteoarthritis, or OA, is a disease resulting from cartilage degeneration currently affecting millions of people. There is currently no successful treatment for OA, and many patients require total joint replacement surgery to maintain mobility. However, the Orthopaedic Research Lab directed by Dr. Szivek at the University of Arizona is involved in research to repair damaged joints without the need for total joint replacement.
The lab is using fat derived from stem cells to create engineered cartilage tissue that can replace damaged tissue. This is an exciting development because these stem cells, which are not embryonic stem cells, will not arouse religious and ethical controversy related to the use of embryonic cells. The lab is researching a method to isolate stem cells from fat and turn them into cartilage....
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