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«The oldest child to have received the treatment is now 13 and is performing better than expected and is still growing," says Cecilia Götherström, a researcher at Karolinska Institutet’s Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology. «But we believe that we can improve the treatment for other patients by administering it to the unborn baby and again in repeated doses during the child’s first years of life.»
Dr Götherström will be leading the study, which will test the treatment on unborn babies. Thirty babies will be included in the study, half of whom will receive stem cells before birth, and half after. New treatments will then be done at
The «Boost Brittle Bones Before Birth» (BOOSTB4) project will start in January 2016 and will be coordinated by Karolinska Institutet. Other participating research centres and companies include University College London, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, the University of Leicester, Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Leiden University Medical Centre, Uniklinik Köln, Lund University, Cell Protect Nordic Pharmaceuticals AB, Nordic Health Economics, MedSciNet and Euram Ltd. The study will also include patients from other European countries. Funding has been obtained from several sources, including the Swedish Research Council (grant agreement number E0720901, € 1,760,000) and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 681045 (€ 6,608,752).
For information, contact:
Dr Cecilia Götherström, Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology
Tel: +46 (0)8–585 811 61 or +46 (0)70–471 23 00
Email: Cecilia. Gotherstrom@ki.se
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