Vitro Biopharma Launches Products for Drug Development & Advancement of Joint Regeneration Technology

GOLDEN, Colo., Oct. 9, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vitro Diagnostics, Inc. (OTCQB: VODG), dba Vitro Biopharma, announced the launch of a series of products for use in the development of advanced treatment of injury and diseases of joints. The new products are chondrocytes derived from human adult stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). These cells produce collagen and are critical to proper joint function. Joint disease and injury often involve defects in collagen production and/or damage to chondrocytes due to inflammation, disease or injury. The new products include native and fluorescent labeled MSC-derived human chondrocytes together with SPIO-labeled chondrocytes. The later cells are labeled with super paramagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) and may be used for in-vivo imaging of chondrocytes using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) a common clinical imaging procedure. The availability of native and multiply-labeled chondrocytes provides customers with numerous options to conduct in-vitro high throughput screening cell assays and to coordinate these studies with in-vivo studies.