A human body is made up of a combination of specialized stem cells that are capable of converting into any type of specialized cells. Thus cell therapy, with cells derived from the bone marrow, have tremendous potential to change human life in the future.
In the field of medicine, research has proven that in tissue repairing and regenerating, stem cells with their great therapeutic potential have shown important presentations. Bone marrow is the main source of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) that are derived from the patient’s bone marrow harvesting procedure. The amount of marrow collected depends on the age and weight of the patient. The procedure of aspiration and infusion is simple, safe and with zero complications.
The autologous bone marrow mesenchymal cells are being considered as one of the best treatment options in various clinical fields. As regards to the transplantation of bone marrow, the study vouches of its efficacy results. Based on the immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory properties of mesenchymal stem cells, they show a potential in treating conditions such as organ transplantation, graft-versus-host disease and pulmonary fibrosis. Constructive results have been seen in mesenchymal cell therapy for heart diseases, stroke, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, and other neurodegenerative disorders. Although there is a vast improvement seen in the condition of the patients, still there is no complete cure with cell treatment.
Neurodegenerative Diseases: Cell therapy for neuro-degenerative disorders like Autism, Parkinson’s, Dementia, Muscular Dystrophy, Stroke, etc. helps in replacing the damaged neural cells with new ones.
Heart: The most promising benefit of stem cells is regenerating or reversing cardiac tissue loss. If not treated, the tissue loss can ultimately result in heart failure.
Wound Healing: Stem cells have the potential to stimulate the growth of human tissues. The wound is replaced by a scar and loss of hair follicles. With cell therapy, the stem cells get embedded inside a tissue bed to stimulate differentiation and replacement of the scarred tissue.
In addition to their differentiation potential and self-renewal ability, the bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells secrete a number of cytokines and growth factors. They also have anti-inflammatory and immune modulatory properties that are favourable for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and insulin-like growth factor-1 that aid in healing and tissue repair. Thus, cell therapy can bring about a great change in the lives of patients with muscular and neurological disorders.
Thus, cell therapy has proved to be a new avenue in the medicinal field to treat widespread diseases and disorders that have no cure or prevention. Extensive research by scientists has confirmed that cell therapy is a powerful tool that can change human life in the future and also in offering a complete cure to degenerative diseases.
