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21 lip 2024 · Stem cell therapy can be particularly effective for osteoarthritis, hip dysplasia, and ligament injuries. If you have a furry family member that needs to be spayed or neutered, this is the perfect time to consider ActiStem!
The most common use of stem cell therapies has been in the treatment of osteoarthritis in dogs and cats. Other potential uses include repairing bone, ligament, and spinal cord injuries and treating kidney and liver disease, cardiomyopathies (a form of heart disease), and certain inflammatory diseases of the skin and gut.
The predominant application for regenerative stem cell therapy is for the alleviation of pain secondary to osteoarthritis in dogs and cats. Other reported uses include: inflammatory bowel disease, chronic hepatitis or chronic pancreatitis, tendon and ligament injury, immune-mediated polyarthritis
Injecting stem cells into joints can reduce pain and increase limb function in dogs with osteoarthritis and degenerative joint disease. Injecting stem cells into injured tendons and ligaments can also aid the healing process.
VetStem provides stem cells from a small sample of fat for the treatment of arthritis and tendon and ligament injuries in dogs, horses, and cats.
The RVC has a long-established record with stem cell therapy, being one of the first to make this treatment available to horses. We can now offer these cutting-edge therapies for dogs.
Stem cell therapy is a regenerative medicine used to treat osteoarthritis, as well as other injuries, to bones, joints, tendons and spinal cords. The goal of stem cell therapy in dogs is to regenerate tissue in the part of a body that has been damaged from a disease, or is losing function.
