Is Stem Cell Therapy a Permanent Treatment?

WHO defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease”. The global outbreak of COVID-19 will have an unprecedented – effect on our work towards a healthier world. But world's most killer are the Non-communicable diseases. NCDs are primarily cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes. Interventions that reduce environmental, metabolic and behavioural risk factors – air pollution, tobacco use, obesity, hypertension, an unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and harmful alcohol consumption – could reduce risk. Whoever, our current lifestyle and practices leads us to these high-risks. Our body are deteriorating while we are still alive. We are unable to fill the nutrients our body needs. Our metabolism isnt able to digest, extract and distribute all the nutrients food that we intake thus leading to lack of nutrition. Medical Experts then created th idea of food supplements. "A food supplement is a preparation that is intended to supply a nutrient that is missing from a diet" defines Collin dictionary. Most of these are dietary or nutritional supplements, is to deliver nutrients that may not be consumed in sufficient quantities. Food supplements can be vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids, and other substances delivered in the form of pills, tablets, capsules, liquid, etc. They are intended to bridge the nutritional gap, so that we maintain the proper balance of nutrients from food and supplementation. But according to FDA " Some supplements can help assure that you get enough of the vital substances the body needs to function; others may help reduce the risk of disease. But supplements should not replace complete meals which are necessary for a healthful diet – so, be sure you eat a variety of foods as well." So let's check what's the real score? Which started it all? What is STEM CELL?

According to Gary Van Zant and Ying Liang in their study about "Stem Cells Transl Med. in 2012", Stem cells are key to the homeostatic maintenance of mature and functional tissues and organs. They self-renew and produce progeny to replenish dying or damaged cells throughout an organism's lifetime. Because of these unique characteristics, stem cells are traditionally thought to be immortal and exempt from aging. However, Cells, tissues and organs can sometimes be permanently damaged or lost by disease, injury and genetic conditions. And when these happen thus we risk our selves to acquiring diseases that even food supplement can't intervene. Bottomline, only cells can cure cells. Thus the emerging medial revolution called STEM CELL THERAPY came into existence. "Stem cell therapy, also known as regenerative medicine, promotes the repair response of diseased, dysfunctional or injured tissue using stem cells or their derivatives. It is the next chapter in organ transplantation and uses cells instead of donor organs, which are limited in supply," says Mayo Clinic. Not stem cell transplant because it is very costly and painful. It is not easily available to the community. According to the Eurekalert studies, its treatment effectiveness, 36 centers provided data with the mean marketed clinical efficacy of 82.2 percent. Ten clinics claimed 90-100 percent efficacy, 15 claimed 80 to 90 percent efficacy, 10 claimed 70 to 80 percent efficacy and one claimed 55 percent of greater clinical efficacy. Let's know how it works and why it is effective. Let's watch this.

After several decades of experiments by Wojciech Zakrzewski, Maciej Dobrzyński, Maria Szymonowicz & Zbigniew Rybak Stem Cell Research & Therapy volume 10, Article number: 68 (2019) , stem cell therapy is becoming a magnificent game changer for medicine. With each experiment, the capabilities of stem cells are growing, although there are still many obstacles to overcome. Regardless, the influence of stem cells in regenerative medicine and transplantology is immense. Currently, untreatable neurodegenerative diseases have the possibility of becoming treatable with stem cell therapy. Induced pluripotency enables the use of a patient’s own cells. Tissue banks are becoming increasingly popular, as they gather cells that are the source of regenerative medicine in a struggle against present and future diseases. With stem cell therapy and all its regenerative benefits, we are better able to prolong human life than at any time in history.