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Stem Cell Therapy Centers Are Shaping The Future Of Medicine

By Ruth Carter


During the past few decades, astonishing progress has been made in the field of medicine. As recent as the early nineteen hundreds, for example, people often died due to infections that can now be treated with antibiotics. Many other diseases that used to be a certain death sentence can now be cured or at least managed. Huge amounts are still spent on ongoing research to find cures for many different diseases. Stem cell therapy centers, for example, may just make breakthroughs that would truly astonish the world.

Bone marrow transplant is not a new revolutionary treatment method. It has been around for some years, but until now, only patients suffering from blood related cancers such as leukaemia and lymphoma benefited. These patients received transplants to encourage the growth of new cells to replace those that were destroyed by chemotherapy. These transplants also help to bolster the immunity system which is also weakened by chemotherapy.

In the future, cancer patients will continue to benefit from bone arrow transplants. However, scientists now believe that such transplants can be used to successfully treat a very wide variety of other conditions. In fact, some researchers believe that bone marrow transplants will become one of the biggest medical breakthroughs ever. Such a breakthrough is still a long way off, however and there is much work to be done.

One exciting application of bone marrow transplants is to treat patients with conditions that cause the brain to degenerate. In this way conditions such as Alzheimer and Parkinson will become a thing of the past. There are also exciting possibilities in the treatment of patients with severe spinal injuries and physical brain damage. Scientists foresee that the treatment will eventually even reverse the terrible effects of a stroke.

Another possible application of these transplants is the treatment of a variety of heart diseases, currently one of the most common health problems in developed countries. Eventually, bone marrow transplants will cause damaged heart muscles to be replaced by the growth of new cells and blood vessels inside the heart. Sadly, this promising use of bone marrow transplants are still far into the future.

Bone marrow transplants have numerous enemies. They say that this treatment method will almost certainly lead to unethical behaviour by medical practitioners. This is because it is not always the marrow that is used during transplants. The blood from the umbilical cords of unborn babies can also be used. Critics also say that, at present, the risk involved in bone marrow transplants are unacceptably high and that many patients die.

Many highly regarded critics are of the opinion that researchers in this field are creating false hope by misleading the general public about current progress. They do this to secure more funds for research and to keep a healthy interest in this topic alive. Facilities offering this treatment are nothing but profit centres, critics say, and patients do not understand the extremely high risk of undergoing bone marrow transplants.

If researchers are to be believed, mankind is on the verge of conquering many diseases. This will certainly improve the quality of life for millions for people. One can only hope that current research delivers on the promises of the research teams.




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