Iran’s Royan Research Institute to Supply Stem Cell-Based Products to Pharmacies in 2 Years
“At present, we are considered among the leading countries in stem cell science in the region, and so far we have been able to produce several products that are going through the stages of clinical trials and obtaining their license; It is expected that these products, which are mainly skin products, will be supplied to the pharmaceutical in the next two years,” Leyla Taqiyar, a member of Royan Research Institute, told ANA.
Noting that the skin products are tissues of specific skin cells like fibroblast and keratinocyte, she said, “They are produced in specific dimensions and in the form of sheets and can be used to treat burns and diabetic foot ulcers.”
“We have also made products by using stem cells to treat rheumatoid arthritis and chronic back pain, and these products have now completed their clinical trial phase and are in the process of obtaining a license,” Taqiyar said.
In a relevant development in May, Iranian researchers at Royan Research Institute had also made new discoveries by studying the role of secretions (exosomes) isolated from stem cells in repairing the cartilage of the amputated finger.
“This research project aims to investigate the effect of secretions (exosome) isolated from stem cells on repairing the cartilage of an amputated finger. In this project, researchers have conducted studies on the amputated finger of a mouse,” Taqiyar told ANA at the time.
“Exosomes are cell secretions that can be changed by manipulations performed on them in research processes. Human and animal body cells have the ability to release other secretions with the genetic manipulations,” she added.
“Secretions caused by mesenchymal stem cells, with the manipulations carried out on their genome, enjoy the capability to repair the damaged tissue and organ of the body,” Taqiyar said.
“The main goal of this research was to investigate the secretions released from the mesenchymal stem cells of the mouse’s amputated finger. Of course, the initial phase of this research is testing on animals, and in the next phases, the necessary clinical tests will also be performed on the human body,” she noted.
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