| | December 2020810 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT STEM CELL TREATMENT/THERAPY VANTAGE POINT By Vipul Jain, CEO, Advancells WHAT ARE STEM CELLS? Undifferentiated cells that are able to differentiate and transform into any type of cells of the body when and where needed. They have an enormous potential to repair, heal and regenerate. Stem cells come from blood, bone marrow, umbilical cord blood and adipose tissue.TYPES OF STEM CELL THERAPYAutologous stem cell therapy: Patient receives stem cells from his/her own bodyAllogeneic stem cell therapy: Patient receives the stem cells donated by another individualAutologous stem cell therapy is better than allogeneic stem cell therapy as chances of mismatching are not there and they pose the minimum risk of immune rejection. Also, no side effects or adverse effects are seen as a person's own blood cells are used. They start the healing process imme-diately in a natural way.WHAT IS STEM CELL THERAPY?The usage of stem cells to cure or treat a disease or repair the injured tissue is defined as stem cell therapy. Stem cells can be obtained from the bone marrow, adipose tissues etc. Due to their tremendous potential to prevent and to treat various health conditions and to repair the injured tissues global research investigation is continuously being done as to explore the maximum advantage of these cell lines.The best example of the stem cell treatment is seen in the patients suffering from restoring the vision of the dam-aged eyes, grafting of the skin in severe burnt conditions. Stem cell treatments for brain or neural diseases like Par-kinson and Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, pre-venting heart strokes, curing diabetes, kidney disorders, autism, and spinal cord injuries are progressively making their way.WHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF STEM CELL?Depending upon the disease different stem cell source can be used in a specific condition. The procedure may involve the extraction of stem cells from adipose tissue-derived stem cells with the combination of PRP (Platelet-rich plas-ma) or can be obtained from bone marrow that can differ-entiate into the progenitor cells that differentiate into var-ious other tissues which can help in the therapy. Rohit Madhok, Vice President ­ Engineering
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