Iranian Scientists Produce Dressings from Amniotic Membranes
Iranian researchers and technologists at Royan Cord Blood Bank have managed to produce useful and valuable products like culture medium for stem cell proliferation and wound dressings by using biological waste from childbirth and umbilical cord blood in addition to storing 185,000 umbilical cord blood samples.
“So far, we have been able to store more than 185,000 cord blood samples in this bank. This capacity is the largest cell capacity in the region which has helped us to perform dozens of stem cell transplants for patients with blood diseases, including cancer,” Morteza Zarrabi, the managing director of Royan Cord Blood Bank, told ANA.
“We have also separated serum from umbilical cord blood, which is used as a supplement for culture and proliferation of stem cells, research work and in the field of treatment to heal wounds and corneal surgeries,” he added.
Elaborating on production of advanced and practical products from biological wastes by Royan researchers, Zarrabi said, “Another product that can be processed from this biological waste is a type of dressing made from fetal membranes or amniotic membranes which can be used as a dressing for chronic and acute wounds, burns, diabetic wounds and corneal surgeries.”
Royan Institute was established in 1991 by a group of researchers and physicians in Iran University of Medical Sciences of ACECR as an outpatient surgery center to provide medical services to infertile couples as well as research and training in reproductive sciences.
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