jeudi 5 mai 2016

Understanding The Process Of Cell Therapy

By Raymond Young


The many medical conditions that now plague the world have motivated research in all the four corners of the world in search for cures. Cell therapy is one of the many methods of treatment that have been found as a result of extensive research efforts. Other names used to refer to this treatment option are cytotherapy and cellular therapy. During the process of cellular materials are injected into patients. The injected materials are comprised of intact, living cells.

Cellular therapy can be placed into broad categories, one is based on legitimate, conventional medicine while the other one is based on alternative medicine. The variety that is based on conventional medicine transplants human cells from donors into patients. It is completely safe and has been used severally with successful outcomes. The variety that is based on alternative medicine is poses a lot of danger to patients. In this variety, patients are injected with animals cells in an attempt to treat diseases.

It was in the nineteenth century that cytotherapy was first discovered and used. This discovery is attributed Charles Brown. Brown aimed to eliminated effects caused by aging by injecting extracts from animal testicles into people. Later, the title of inventor of cytotherapy was given to Paul following his experiments with calf embryo to treat diseases. He injected patients with materials extracted from calf embryos. Claims made by Paul about the treatment curing many people of cancer have never been verified.

Researchers discovered that pre-inoculating recipient animals with donor cells before organ transplant could prevent organ rejection. Following that discovery in 1953, successful bone marrow transplant was achieved for the first time in 1968. This happened in Minnesota.

The success of bone marrow transplants has been determined to be successful in treating various medical conditions. For instance, damaged knee cartilage can be treated successfully. Cytotherapy shows hope for the development of many kinds of treatments. In mainstream medicine, this field receives a lot of support because of the high prospects for future growth it holds.

Many types of cell therapies exist today. Some of the common examples are mesenchymal, alogeneic, neutral, human embryonic stem cells, and hematopoietic stem cell therapies. In allogeneic variety, donors and recipients of the cells are different individuals. That is why unmatched allogenic therapies are very important to pharmaceutical medicine. It is believed to be able to lead to the creation of off-the-shelf products.

A lot of controversy is coming from research in the area of human embryonic stem cells. Many countries closely regulate this field, with other banning it completely. Countries that continue to conduct experiments in this direction seek to find therapeutic applications embryonic stem cells can be put to. There are possibilities of using these cells to treat diabetes and Parkinson disease.

This field is still relatively young with a lot of research still going on. Medical trials that base on these treatments have achieved mixed results with some failing outright. Although promising, reaching any concrete and conclusive results is still a long way. Many organizations have invested heavily into research in this area.




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