Treatment with stem cells
July 31, 2020
A stem cell: what is it? Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are stem cells that give rise to other blood cells, a process that occurs in the bone marrow, peripheral blood, and umbilical cord blood. They are the origin of different blood and immune system cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, lymphocytes, and others).
The blood from the umbilical cord is the residual blood of the umbilical cord and placenta after the baby is born and is the best source of hematopoietic stem cells because umbilical cord blood cells are less likely to cause any complications, even when used as part of a donation.
What can be treated with stem cells?
- Oncological diseases: breast cancer, myeloma, neuroblastoma, kidney cancer (embryonic adenosarcoma of the kidney, hypernephroma);
- Chronic leukemia;
- Hereditary metabolic diseases;
- Histiocytic dysfunctions;
- Hereditary erythrocytic diseases;
- Myelodysplastic syndrome;
- Hereditary immune deficits;
- Hereditary pathology of thrombocytes etc.
According to research, blood cells from the umbilical cord can be used to restore the functionality of damaged organs such as the brain, liver, or heart.