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Monday, 19 February 2018

Stem Cell Therapy Centers Offer Hope For The Future

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By Ruth Carter


In developed countries, people live much longer than a hundred years ago. This is largely due to the amazing progress that was made in the treatment and management of a wide variety of diseases that used to be death sentence. With massive research efforts continuing all over the world, more and more diseases will be conquered and more and more patients will survive dread diseases. Stem cell therapy centers offer particularly high hopes for new revolutionary treatment methods.

Bone marrow transplant is not a new revolutionary treatment method. It has been around for some years, but until now, only patients suffering from blood related cancers such as leukaemia and lymphoma benefited. These patients received transplants to encourage the growth of new cells to replace those that were destroyed by chemotherapy. These transplants also help to bolster the immunity system which is also weakened by chemotherapy.

While patients suffering from certain types of cancer have most certainly benefited from bone marrow transplants, researchers firmly believe that these transplants will soon become a miracle treatment method for may other types of disease. Unfortunately, progress is slow because it is a very difficult field of research and their are numerous obstacle that need to be overcome before human patients can be treated.

One major focus area of researchers is diseases that cause the brain to degenerate, such as Parkinson and Alzheimer. They believe that this treatment will eventually be able to reverse brain damage caused by these diseases, strokes, severe injuries to the spine and physical brain injuries. This will give numerous people a new lease on life and make a vast impact of the quality of life of patients that have no options at present.

It is also possible that many different types of heart diseases will be treated by means of transplants. As it is, heart disease is rampant in most developed countries. Researchers believe that damaged cells and blood vessels inside the heart can be replaced by new and healthy cells and vessels. If this becomes a reality, it will mean a major step forward and new hope for millions of patients.

Bone marrow transplants have numerous enemies. They say that this treatment method will almost certainly lead to unethical behaviour by medical practitioners. This is because it is not always the marrow that is used during transplants. The blood from the umbilical cords of unborn babies can also be used. Critics also say that, at present, the risk involved in bone marrow transplants are unacceptably high and that many patients die.

Critics also accuse researchers of creating a false impression of the actual progress. They are misleading the public, solely for the purpose of keeping interest in this technology at a pitch. This, in turn, will ensure that vast sums will continue to flow into research projects. Critics also accuse facilities that already offer this treatment of being reckless with the lives of their patients.

If researchers are to be believed, mankind is on the verge of conquering many diseases. This will certainly improve the quality of life for millions for people. One can only hope that current research delivers on the promises of the research teams.




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