Stem therapy can lead to cancer
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Researchers from the Ohio State Research University called on their colleagues to be more cautious in prescribing patients for stem cell treatment, since such treatment can not only relieve the disease, but also provoke severe changes in the body, in particular malignant formations.
A group of neurologists have determined that stem cells are not so harmless. Many European clinics offer stem therapy as the most effective treatment for such serious diseases as diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, arthrosis, cardiovascular disease, multiple sclerosis, etc.
Stem cells can turn into any cell of the body, that's why experts believe that these cells can become a panacea for all diseases.
In the United States, so-called "stem tourism" has recently become popular among patients, especially in cases with severe or incurable diseases. At the same time, the clinics that offer such treatment are located not only in the US, but also in India, China, Latin America and some CIS countries.
In one of the scientific journals an article was published in which the problem of "stem tourism" was mentioned. Many patients with diseases of the nervous system, sclerosis, malignant diseases, which modern methods of treatment do not help, are ready to resort to stem therapy.
But doctors warn that the introduction of such cells into the body can cause a double reaction. On the one hand, such therapy can really become a salvation, but on the other hand, it can pose a threat to life.
Professor Alta Caro, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin, published an article in a scientific publication that emphasized that there is very little evidence to date of the therapeutic benefits of stem-cell therapy (except for bone marrow stem cells).
However, patients all over the world physicians continue to leave hope for healing with the help of stem therapy. Neuroscientists, together with the National Society of Multiple Sclerosis, call on colleagues not to encourage mortally sick patients and not to advertise such clinics to their advantage.
Today, stem therapy is gaining momentum, for example, in the UK, the world's first factory for the production of stem cells for treatment.
Producing stem cells is planned from an artificial polymer material (specially developed for this purpose). Such a polymer will be used as a nutrient medium for the growth of embryonic cells.
Stem cells are widely used in regenerative medicine, for example, when recovering from a myocardial infarction, 5 billion stem cells are required. In addition, in the UK in a couple of years, it is planned to conduct tests with the participation of 20 volunteers, whom researchers will inject into the body 10ml of artificial blood, which is based on stem cells.
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