Stem cells to prevent diseases
Stem Cells are cells that have the potential to become many different types of cells in the body.
If you were told that just by saving your child’s umbilical cord you could save him from many diseases in the future, would you do it? These are cells contained in the umbilical cord called Stem Cells. They are cells that have the potential to become many different types of cells in the body. They function as a repair system of the body, thus curing various diseases. How can they be used? It consists of looking for a specialized laboratory where at the time of your child’s birth the cells contained in the umbilical cord blood are obtained. They could later be used to regenerate the patient’s immune system. Umbilical cord blood collection is performed only at the time of delivery. It does not represent pain or discomfort for the baby or the mother. What can they be used for? More than 70 diseases can be treated, such as leukemias, lymphomas, severe anemias and some combined immunodeficiencies. The advances in medicine on these cells are very encouraging. Today it is under investigation in the treatment of cancer, heart disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, Huntington’s disease, spinal cord injuries, and many more. More than 30 thousand stem cell transplants have already been performed in the world. The progress of research in various specialties is encouraging. What does the future hold for us? Because stem cells are naturally tasked with replacing old or diseased cells, scientists have conceived the idea of using stem cells as a therapy for a wide variety of medical conditions. The idea is to give a sick patient rmo stem cells or cells differentiated from stem cells. We can make use of the natural ability of these cells to cure the patient. For example, if a patient has a heart attack, the goal would be to transplant stem cells into the injured tissue so that they repair the damage to the heart.
