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Regenerative Medicine for Erectile Dysfunction Following Radical Prostatectomy: Are we Ready?

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: In an elegantly written paper, Haahr and colleagues from Odense, Denmark, document the first phase 1 trial using autologous adipose-derived regenerative cells in patients with erectile dysfunction following radical prostatectomy. These results have long been awaited. In 2010, Tom Lue's group at UCSF published the first preclinical data on adipose tissue derived stem cell treatment in a rat model of cavernous nerve neuropraxia (a model that accurately and efficiently represents the pathophysiology of erectile dysfunction following nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy) (Albersen et al., 2010).

Source: EBioMedicine

DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.02.033

Authors: Maarten Albersen, Trinity J. Bivalacqua

Institutions: KU Leuven, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

Language: English

Topic: Sexual function and dysfunction studies

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $5,780