Adult Stem Cell Treatments and all Facts
Adult stem cell treatments that are currently being conducted today in specialized hospitals are used to treat leukemia, lymphoma, and many other blood-related disorders and cancers that man is experiencing today. Adult stem cell research is highly supported by the US government unlike embryonic stem cells which will require the destroying of an embryo. There are many diseases that has already been cured using stem cells, like in the case of two children that have SCID or severe combined immunodeficiency and was treated using bone marrow transplant in 1968.
Adult stem cells are not only harvested from bone marrows, but they can also be found in the umbilical cord blood. 65 or more diseases are able to be cured by these type of stem cell. As studies prove they have the ability to self-divide or replicate itself making the treatment process faster. They are naturally found in our body and they serve as the maintenance mechanism or repair system of our body by renewing dead cells. Using various ways, scientists are able to develop different, specialized cells like cells in the body namely muscles, nerve, tissue and many others through the use of cell culture or cell cultivating. Latest findings say that 'Sickle Cell' in adults may be cured through bone marrow transplants. Tranditional bone marrow transplant involves using chemotherapy to remove the patient's marrow which can be painful. But when doing the new transplant procedure, doesn't need to erase all the bone marrow. Having said all that, the life expectancy of adults have increased.
As stem cell treatment becomes more popular as timme pass by, the number of facilities conducting treatment and researches are also increasing. Hospitals in Europe, India and China are likely getting into the trend. Because there is a very huge market on this that many can take profit from. Phramaceutical companies are now thinking of producing drugs that have stem cells in them and to be released in the market and this could mean billions of dollars that can be made each year from selling these products.
