Stem cell therapy

Osiris Therapeutics Inc says Canadian health regulators have approved its treatment for acute graft-versus host disease in children, making it the first stem cell drug to be approved for a systemic disease anywhere in the world.

Eight-year-old bull mastiff Daphne may well get the spring back in her step, after becoming the first animal in Dunedin to have stem cell therapy.

New Zealand dog owners will soon be able to access breakthrough stem cell therapy for their pets suffering from degenerative joint disease.