Scientists at the University of Southampton believe that they can use a patient’s own skeletal stem cells in the hip joint during bone grafting to encourage more successful regrowth and repair. This new discovery could replace the need for outside bone donors. The grafting technique referred to  is the one used to repair the thigh bone and joint during replacement (known as ‘revision’) hip replacement therapy.

In a two-year study, funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), collaborative study between the University of Southampton and The University of Nottingham, researchers plan to test their theory by taking adult stem cells from bone marrow in combination with an impaction process and polymer scaffolds.

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