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Biostage Announces Publication Showing Rapid Esophageal Regeneration in Pigs
Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc.
- Publication in Journal of Immunology and Regenerative Medicine describes regeneration after Biostage Esophageal Implant in nine pigs with full circumferential replacement.
- All animals regenerated a continuous biological conduit by 28 days; some as early as 14 days.
- Regeneration time compares favorably with FDA-approved clinical trial primary endpoint of 90 days.
- Biostage expects to initiate patient recruitment in first clinical trial in early 2023.
- Study also quantified epithelialization and fate of adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells.