Stem cell therapy has been a field of much concern to many scientists and scientific facilities for a very long time. This therapy uses stem cells to treat and prevent conditions and diseases in both humans and animals. This medication is still under intensive research and most of the treatments discovered are still not in any use. Most stem cell treatment centers practice bone marrow transplant.
Bone marrow transplant is more advanced making it to be used more than other treatments. It treats blood disorders such as lymphoma and leukemia cancer patients. Higher levels of efficiency and accuracy are still achievable through more research. In future, treatments for deafness, missing teeth, heart diseases, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, neurodegeneration, blood cell formation, infertility, baldness, and other conditions will be found.
The sources of the cells employed in treatment are different and some are being criticized a lot by critics of science. Embryonic stem cells are the most widely used cells. They are isolated from embryos before they get cultured and prepared before they are used . According to critics, the methods used to acquire the cells promote human cloning and abortion. Other ways are induction of pluripotent stem cells and use of somatic cell nuclear transfer methods.
Treatments that base on transplanting of stored umbilical cord blood have faced a lot of challenges in marketing because of the wide criticism in this area. Many research facilities therefore face financial difficulties and shut down while researchers get discouraged by these difficulties and controversies. Some of the treatments are not complete yet because of these challenges.
Therapy works through regeneration of damaged or lost cells in the affected area. Cells are introduced in the affected area where they stimulate formation of lost body cells. This effect has been determined to be able to treat conditions that lead to brain degeneration such as amyyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer disease, and Parkinson disease. In the same way, normal body tissue can be generated to replace the typical scar tissue that forms on wounds.
Many people without understanding the technicalities of the therapies hold high hopes in them. First, one must know that different functions in the body are done by different kinds of stem cells. Therefore the functions of the cells are limited to specific tasks. Unrelated diseases cannot be treated by the same kind of cells. Tissue specific cells perform only the function they are specialized in or meant for.
The techniques used to introduce cells into the body by various therapies are very complicated. Patients face a lot of risks in the introduction process let alone the side effects. Cells derived from the body first need to be cultured before they are returned into the body. The culturing process codes the cells with instructions on how to behave once in the living tissues. The instructions have been known to fail resulting in serious side effects.
It is very expensive to go for the therapy too. Lack of finances therefore limit the number of people that can afford the treatment. This makes the majority to seek other treatment options.
Bone marrow transplant is more advanced making it to be used more than other treatments. It treats blood disorders such as lymphoma and leukemia cancer patients. Higher levels of efficiency and accuracy are still achievable through more research. In future, treatments for deafness, missing teeth, heart diseases, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, neurodegeneration, blood cell formation, infertility, baldness, and other conditions will be found.
The sources of the cells employed in treatment are different and some are being criticized a lot by critics of science. Embryonic stem cells are the most widely used cells. They are isolated from embryos before they get cultured and prepared before they are used . According to critics, the methods used to acquire the cells promote human cloning and abortion. Other ways are induction of pluripotent stem cells and use of somatic cell nuclear transfer methods.
Treatments that base on transplanting of stored umbilical cord blood have faced a lot of challenges in marketing because of the wide criticism in this area. Many research facilities therefore face financial difficulties and shut down while researchers get discouraged by these difficulties and controversies. Some of the treatments are not complete yet because of these challenges.
Therapy works through regeneration of damaged or lost cells in the affected area. Cells are introduced in the affected area where they stimulate formation of lost body cells. This effect has been determined to be able to treat conditions that lead to brain degeneration such as amyyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer disease, and Parkinson disease. In the same way, normal body tissue can be generated to replace the typical scar tissue that forms on wounds.
Many people without understanding the technicalities of the therapies hold high hopes in them. First, one must know that different functions in the body are done by different kinds of stem cells. Therefore the functions of the cells are limited to specific tasks. Unrelated diseases cannot be treated by the same kind of cells. Tissue specific cells perform only the function they are specialized in or meant for.
The techniques used to introduce cells into the body by various therapies are very complicated. Patients face a lot of risks in the introduction process let alone the side effects. Cells derived from the body first need to be cultured before they are returned into the body. The culturing process codes the cells with instructions on how to behave once in the living tissues. The instructions have been known to fail resulting in serious side effects.
It is very expensive to go for the therapy too. Lack of finances therefore limit the number of people that can afford the treatment. This makes the majority to seek other treatment options.
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