StemCell Therapy

ASX-listed Cynata Therapeutics has signed an MoU with TekCyte Pty Ltd to access its wound dressing technology in the hope of commercialising TekCytes proprietary surface modifications of polymer-coated dressings for the delivery of Cynatas mesenchymal stem cells, or MSC, to wounds.

The Melbourne-based clinical-stage stem cell and regenerative medicine company is specifically looking to use TekCytes technologies in the commercial development of Cynatas MSC product for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers.

Cynata said its trademarked Cymerus MSCs have already demonstrated promising efficacy in a pre-clinical model of diabetic wounds, often referred to as diabetic ulcers, utilising TekCytes dressing when seeded with MSCs or similar cells.

The company now plans to build on the solid pre-clinical foundation by conducting a clinical trial of its Cymerus MSC product on patients with diabetic foot ulcers using an active dressing supplied by TekCyte.

Cynata expects to start the clinical trial as soon as possible after it completes negotiations with TekCyte on a formal license agreement.

The company says diabetic foot ulcers are a significant medical problem with an estimated market value of nearly US$10 billion based on data sourced from Transparent Market Researchs review of the global diabetic foot ulcers treatment market out to 2027.

In Australia alone, diabetic foot disease results in more than 27,000 hospitalisations, 4,400 amputations and 1,700 deaths annually. Unfortunately, there is also evidence that the burden of this disease is growing year-on-year, and existing treatment options have limited success.

The very encouraging data from the pre-clinical studies at the CTM-CRC with our Cymerus MSC product, especially when compared with other cell products, provides a rational and sound basis for us to proceed with TekCytes patch technology.

Elsewhere in Cynatas labs and clinical trial sites, the company is working to deploy its stem cell technology across a range of ailments, including Osteoarthritis, renal transplantation, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and even COVID-19.

Stem cells, most familiar as embryonic stem cells, are special human cells capable of morphing into all other cell varieties from muscles to brain cells.

Whilst stem cell technology has been developing for a decade or two now, it has been routinely based on using hematopoietic stem cells to treat disease. However, a donor can currently transplant these cells only if a perfect match is available.

Instead of the arduous process of undertaking donor match searches, Cynata believes plentiful stem cells can be derived another way. By transforming adult stem cells with a type of genetic reprogramming, the company says it can create pluripotent stem cells that are capable of operating identically to the valuable embryonic cells.

The companys proprietary Cymerus technology uses pluripotent cells combined with a precursor cell called mesenchymoangioblasts, or MCA to fabricate numerous cell therapy products, including mesenchymal stem cells or MSCs.

Importantly, Cynata says it can produce those essential cells at a commercial scale, forgoing the need for multiple donors and conquering the usual supply bottlenecks currently frustrating stem cell therapies and researchers worldwide.

Other candidate diseases facing this potentially boundless technology include asthma, heart attack, sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS and cytokine release syndrome.

Plans are already well advanced for further clinical trials of the fascinating Cymerus MSC products in Graft-versus-host Disease, or GvHD through licensee Fujifilm.

GvHD is an all-too-common consequence of traditional stem cell therapies and is one of the earliest ailments to be attacked by Cynatas technology.

Cynata looks to be hurtling down a path to turn science fiction into reality by developing a wound patch that can effectively regenerate the bodys own cells a bit more than just a band-aid approach, perhaps?

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Cynata tests wound dressing tech for stem cell therapy delivery - The West Australian

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