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Dankook Research Team investigates a possible approach to treating vascular injury by utilizing laser power
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Date 2014.11.11 (Modified Date : 2014.11.12)
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The team hopes to discover an effective treatment for vascular injury using low-powered light sources and stem cells.

Dankook University’s BLI-Korea Research Center (Director, Pil Sang Jung) is expected to gain momentum in finding a treatment for vascular diseases after it discovered a potential treatment that combines low-powered light and stem cells.

According to the research team, when a 1mm sized third-dimensional mass of stem cells, produced using stem cells extracted from body fat, is transplanted into the injury site and the site is exposed to light of a red wavelength range, the stem cells will support recuperative powers in vivo generated by light and enhances the growth of new blood vessels; thus, tissue necrosis can be effectively treated. It is also evidenced by animal experiments that this form of treatment remarkably facilitates blood flow and prevents further tissue necrosis, in comparison with the previous treatment where injury sites are directly exposed to LED light.

The research team claims that this study will be the base data to discover a treatment that can be widely used in curing skin necrosis caused by diabetes and various other vascular injuries. This research was published in the latest issue of ‘Biomaterials,’ a foreign medical magazine that is renowned in the field of biocompatible materials.

Prof. Jin Cheol Ahn of the research team mentioned, “Our research is at the stage of investigating the possibilities through animal experiments. With continuous studies, we will take on a pioneering role in discovering a new stem cell therapy by developing effective and low-cost treatment technology.