3) OBL – Research Topics

Orthopaedic Biotechnology Lab

Director: Dr. Laura de Girolamo

Research Topics

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Tissue Specific Progenitors and MSCs

Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells (MSCs) and tissue-specific progenitors represent the main tools for regenerative medicine approaches such as tissue engineering and cell therapy…

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MSCs and their derived products – Microvescicles and Secretome

 Upon the discovery of Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells (MSCs), they were supposed to contribute to tissue regeneration because of their multilineage differentiation ability…

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Biophysical Stimulations

Biophysical stimulations, such as extracorporeal shock waves (SW) and pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF), are part of the clinical practice for different musculoskeletal pathologies…

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Biochemical and Genetic markers

The evaluation of biochemical and genetic aspects of intervertebral disc degeneration-related pathologies, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis is performed to detect protein…

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Evaluation of biological products for regenerative medicine

Following the advancement of the research in the field of Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells (MSCs) and regenerative medicine, a number of commercially available products have been recently released in the market…