Men who had the treatment had an average 50 per cent improvement in their erectile function. And the effects from one month of treatment lasted up to 18 months in some cases.
In a recent study, ten men with erectile dysfunction, who had not responded to the maximum doses of Viagra and similar drugs, had a single injection of their own stem cells into their penile tissue.
The treatment led to a three-fold reduction in the pain and urinary symptoms experienced by patients with interstitial cystitis, a condition affecting around half a million Britons, nine out of ten of them women.
Around half of men over 50 develop an enlarged prostate, which can make urination difficult. Treatment usually involves major surgery, but a new 30-minute laser procedure can be effective.