Stem cells can cure male impotence
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Experts from the scientific center of South Korea reported that in the near future it will be possible to completely cure impotence (erectile dysfunction) with the help of modern nanotechnology and stem cells. Specialists were able to grow and transplant from nanofibres special stem cells. The leaders of the research are sure that this step will be decisive in the fight against the disease, which threatens almost all the men of old age. Stem cell transplantation will help patients restore erectile function after a complex operation to remove the prostate.
Prostatectomy or prostate removal is a complicated surgical procedure aimed at removing the prostate (prostate gland). Usually, the operation is performed in the presence of a malignant tumor of the prostate or with a particularly advanced and complex form of prostatic adenoma, when treatment without surgery is not possible. Most often the postoperative period lasts no more than 20-30 days. The most common consequences are: the presence of postoperative pain, the use of a catheter for 2-3 weeks, as well as, if a prostatic nerve tumor is damaged, urinary incontinence and complete absence of an erection. Erectile dysfunction, which occurs due to surgical intervention, should be treated after full recovery and the end of hospitalization.
A study in the South Korea Science Center consisted of monitoring the health of forty adult male rats for several weeks. Rodents were divided into four equal groups, three of which were males with injured limbs and nerve endings. Only one group of rodents was treated with stem cells and cloned cells.
The study showed that treatment with nanotechnology and grown stem cells proved to be the most effective and effective. After removal of the prostate gland many men have problems with erection, which are associated with damage to the nerve endings. This is considered one of the most common complications after radical prostatectomy and, in the absence of proper treatment, can lead to death.
Statistics show that the drugs do not guarantee complete recovery, so Asian researchers have come to grips with the study of alternative therapies. Cultivation and subsequent transplantation of stem cells is called to help restore damaged nerve cells, which will solve the problem with erection. At the moment, the study leaders are engaged in a thorough study of the effectiveness and, of course, the safety of stem cell transplantation to the human body. Transplantation of cells to small rodents was quite successful, without any complications, but for the time being one can not be sure of the same successful outcome of the operation when the patient is an adult.
Specialists noted that male representatives who have problems with erection are much more likely to complain of severe headaches than those who do not have erectile dysfunction. It is curious that for many years a constant headache and migraine was considered a sign of sexual abuse in women.
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