PIO doc to open application of stem cell research in Nitte – Times of India

Posted: Published on May 19th, 2017

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Mangaluru: UK-based orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Anand A Shetty will start a clinical application of stem cell research in the city along with Nitte University. This will help in curing cancer and other related ailments.

Dr Shetty, who hails from Asode near Koteshwara in Udupi district, was honoured with the 'Outstanding Clinical Excellence' award by the UK's House of Lords this year. Dr Shetty is winner of a host of awards including the prestigious Hunterian Surgical Medal and Hunterian Professorship for 2017 awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England for his research on stem cells in particular cartilage repair. Only four Indians have received this award so far.

A knee surgeon and director of stem cell research at Canterbury Christ Church University, Dr Shetty's main interest lies in stem cell research, cartilage transplant, accelerated bone healing, and robotics in minimally invasive surgery.

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