Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance Podcast Episode 25b: 245 Real-life examples of stem cell therapy applied in refractory veterinary musculoskeletal cases

These two episodes are really Podcasts not to miss.

 

In this second episode, Russell Chandler of VOA continues his conversation with two of the great innovators of canine regenerative medicine in the UK. 

 

Dr Andy Armitage needs little introduction.  Andy established the UK’s first private veterinary practice devoted, solely, to small animal regenerative medicine, the Greenside Veterinary Practice in Scotland.  He has collaborated, for many years, with Dr Jo Miller of Cell Therapy Sciences, Coventry.  Jo along with her business partner, Dr Christine Standen founded the laboratory to manufacture stem cells for use by vets in clinical practice. Together they have to date provided more than 11,000 stem cell doses for mor than 3,000 patients.    

 

 

Podcast recorded 21st April 2023

 

Guests: DR ANDY ARMITAGE and DR JO MILLER

 

Host: RUSSELL CHANDLER

 

Producer: KIZZY BASS

 

Episode 25b content:

This episode complements the previous release: VOA Podcast 25a. 

Exciting therapies like stem cells have attracted plenty of hype.  Have you ever wondered how many cases have been reported supporting this kind of treatment?  Until now most series have been on the low side in numbers of cases treated.  That all changed when Andy Armitage’s paper was published in which a staggering 245 cases were described.  As if that is not enough, all of these cases had previously been unresponsive to ‘conventional’ multimodal medical, or surgical management.   

 

Andy answers questions on his case series and Jo Miller supports this by continuing to give her input from a scientist’s view point. 

 

All in all this is another great episode. The information is presented in an accessible way and should be of interest to all of us involved in the veterinary osteoarthritis space.  

 

Reference:

 

Armitage, A. J., Miller, J. M., Sparks, T. H., Georgiou, A. E., & Reid, J. (2023). Efficacy of autologous mesenchymal stromal cell treatment for chronic degenerative musculoskeletal conditions in dogs: A retrospective study. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, 2023.

 

  Links to VOA:

 

Attend the inaugural VOACON

https://vet-oa.com/voacon

 

Join VOA

https://vet-oa.com

 

Follow VOA on LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/company/veterinary-osteoarthritis-alliance/

 

Follow VOA on Facebook

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  Guest links:

 

Andy Armitage

Greenside Veterinary Practice

 

greensidevetpractice.co.uk

 

https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=greenside%20veterinary%20practice

 

Jo Miller

Cell Therapy Sciences Ltd

celltherapysciences.co.uk

 

https://www.facebook.com/celltherapysciences

 

  Sponsor links:

 

Nupsala MSK Clinic

 

https://nupsala-msk.co.uk/