Platelet-rich plasma therapy: another appealing technology for regenerative medicine?

Editorial in which authors Eduardo Anitua, Roberto Prado, Sabino Padilla, Gorka Orive from (Eduardo Anitua Foundation for Biomedical Research, Vitoria, Spain), believing platelet-rich plasma is an appealing translational regenerative technology warranting further interest from the medical community, discuss knowledge to date and existing challenges. Platelet-rich plasma is a contentious technology, with its fairly widespread use in many clinics, but a lack of large-scale clinical trials for certain indications it is being advertised for. In this Editorial, authors Eduardo Anitua, Roberto Prado, Sabino Padilla, Gorka Orive from (Eduardo Anitua Foundation for Biomedical Research, Vitoria, Spain) plead the case for platelet-rich plasma...