The cells from which newly formed, functionally specialised cells are derived are known as stem cells. Stem cells can be used to create new heart, liver, and nerve tissue. These cells contain a variety of growth factors, including IL-6, HGF, and others. For instance, hematopoietic stem cells are responsible for all cellular components including white blood cells, platelets, and red blood cells.
What makes stem cells interesting?
- to understand the progression of illnesses.
- to replace dysfunctional cells with functional ones.
- assessing the safety and efficacy of innovative drugs.
The patient’s age, physical condition, disease severity, medical history, and medication all play a role in the likelihood that a stem cell treatment will be successful. Stem cell therapy, however, has demonstrated promising outcomes in the treatment of illnesses like blood problems, bone injuries, and more as research has progressed. Infection, haemorrhage, transfusions, and graft failure are among the signs and symptoms of a stem cell transplant. Cancer, thalassemia, aplastic anaemia, and other diseases can be treated with a 50% to 80% success rate.
How long is stem cell therapy?
The effects of this treatment can sometimes endure a long time since it encourages healthier tissue growth, repairs damaged cells and lessens pain and inflammation.
Stem cell culture: The use of stem cells for therapeutic purposes in the treatment of disease is becoming more and more common.
A newly generated cell is used to replace a damaged cell.
To increase the number of these cells, embryonic stem cell cultivation is used.
According to the type of stem cell, the requirements for stem cell culture should be specified.
In order to sustain the stem state, distinct media and circumstances are required for the cultivation of stem cells, such as a feeder cell layer and conditioned medium.
When stem cells are employed to treat certain ailments, the process is referred to as stem cell therapy. The patient’s own blood, bone marrow, fat, and umbilical cord tissue or blood are used to extract stem cells. They act as generative cells, also referred to as progenitor cells, which lead to the generation of new cells.
Stem cell therapy ethics- For a very long period, the Indian Council of Medical Research acted as the nation’s governing agency for stem cell therapy and research (ICMR). They created draught policies in 2003, 2007, and 2013. This was recently modified and is now an ICSCR. In any case, they are merely suggestions, and the Parliament has not yet given its approval for them to become a law or a bill with the authority to obligate people to follow them. The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has been in charge of this field as well in recent years. The DCGI published the proposed revised regulations on its website for public opinion in February 2014.
As a result, we believe it is morally appropriate to suggest stem cell therapy in India as a treatment option for conditions for which there are no other options or for which all other options have been explored.