The Secret Life of Myofibroblasts: Dr. Boris Hinz reveals all!

Boris Hinz PhD, University of Toronto, Ontario, CA presents "Fundamental aspects of myofibroblast contraction." and explains how the process is both simple and complex. How do these little cells do such big things? More importantly, what steps in the process go wrong to result in Dupuytren's and what can be done to safely and simply correct this? Watch the video and see: http://www.youtube.com/user/DupuytrenFoundation#p/u/0/fvmRS3OiWic

Funding for these and other Miami Dupuytren Symposium videos at http://dupuytrensymposium.com/program.html, is provided by the Dupuytren Foundation. Support the Dupuytren Foundation with an online donation: http://CureDup.com.

Dupuytren's vs. Burns! Video: Dr. Paul Zidel at the 2010 Miami Dupuytren Symposium

Dr. Paul Zidel, Chief, Hand Surgery, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, presents a thought provoking comparison of two different yet similar conditions in "Dupuytren's versus burn scar contracture"
http://www.youtube.com/user/DupuytrenFoundation#p/u/0/uR5OcoIKfOI
Hypertrophic scars, Ledderhose disease, burn scars, keloid scars, desmoid tumors, pulmonary fibrosis, arteriosclerosis and other abnormal fibrosing conditions share some of the same complex biology as Dupuytren's. Answers found for one condition may apply to others - there are many stones yet unturned in the path to find a cure for Dupuytren's. Support the effort at http://CureDup.com

Video: Professor Millesi at the Miami Dupuytren's Symposium

Professor Hanno Millesi of the Millesi Center in Vienna, chairman of the 1983 Dupuytren's Meeting in Vienna, presents "Changes of the visco-elastic properties of the palmar fascia as pathogenetic basis of Dupuytren's Disease": http://www.youtube.com/user/DupuytrenFoundation#p/u/0/vRc9XFBOVTk. The more one investigates, the deeper the mystery of Dupuytren's becomes. The legendary Dr. Millesi explores the chicken and egg aspect of the mechanics of Dupuytren's.
These and other videos are archived at http://dupuytrensymposium.com/program.html and are made possible through funding by the Dupuytren Foundation. Please support further research and education by giving to the Dupuytren Foundation at http://CureDup.com

Dr. Meinel presents a new concept of Dupuytren's at the Miami Dupuytren Symposium

Dr. Albrecht Meinel, former chief of surgery for over 20 years at Tauberbischofsheim Hospital, Germany, shares his insights from a lifetime interest in Dupuytren's contracture with the paradigm-shifting presentation "The palmar fibromatosis or the loss of flexibility of the palmar finger tissue. A new insight into the disease process of Dupuytren’s contracture based on clinical and anatomical findings." We need both luck and lateral thinking to develop better treatments for Dupuyten's, and Dr. Meinel's concept of extension blocking as the basic mechanical biology of Dupuytren's turns conventional thinking on its head: http://www.youtube.com/user/DupuytrenFoundation#p/u/0/kq4hr06tOtY 

Dr. Paul Werker presents at the 2010 Dupuytren Symposium

Paul Werker MD PhD, Professor and Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Groningen University Medical Center Groningen, NL presents: Management of soft tissue contractures: a surgical perspective. See the video at http://www.youtube.com/user/DupuytrenFoundation#p/u/0/fHoOhGlsgDU. This and other video presentations from the 2010 International Symposium on Dupuytren's Disease, are being added to http://dupuytrensymposium.com/program.html. This symposium was made possible through funding from the Dupuytren Foundation. Join the effort to find a cure by making a donation to support research, education and global collaboration through the Dupuytren Foundation: http://CureDup.com.

The search for a cure

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