Future Treatments

This question has come up before and was addressed during another Q and A session. It certainly is timely to address it again. There has been discussion with leading researchers. in the field of tissue regeneration with respect to Peyronie’s disease. The concept would be using some

At this time there are no ongoing studies using stem cell therapy for treating Peyronie’s disease. Some of the initial work being done for erectile dysfunction is just being presented at our society meetings. It is likely that some day there will be tissue engineering techniques which

There are exciting developments occurring within the field of regenerative medicine. Some laboratories have actually been working on developing component parts or even a complete penis. So far, all of this has been on animal models only and to my knowledge there are no human trials on-going.

There is an ongoing research at Bowman Gray Medical Center on a variety of different tissues, which may be developed for future transplantation. This includes the lining of the urethra, the bladder and possibly even the corporeal tissues of the penis. A full artificial penis has not

Stem cell research is the sexy topic of the beginning of the 21st century and it is difficult to find an area in medicine that would not benefit from it, if it is proven to be of benefit in tissue regeneration. There are no studies even in