What is Stem Cell Therapy?

Stem cell therapy sounds like a relatively new concept, but there are stem cell therapy treatments with which most of us are already familiar. Bone marrow transplants are one type of stem cell therapy that has been in use for the treatment of leukemia for a long time. Stem cell therapy seeks to replace damaged, diseased, or malfunctioning cells anywhere in the body with healthy cells.

When a stem cell is introduced to a specific part of the body, that stem cell receives signals that tell it how to mimic the other cells around it. For example, if a stem cell is introduced to the brain, it will take on the job of a brain cell. This is how stem cell therapy treatments work; stem cells are introduced to the diseased or damaged area and used to create new, undamaged tissues to repair that area of the body.

The history of stem cell research actually has its beginnings in the mid 1800’s. Scientists first discovered that certain cells within the body could develop into other cells. Stem cell research has since developed stem cell therapy treatments like bone marrow transplants, stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s, and stem cell therapy for Alzheimer’s disease.

Stem cell therapy is a promising treatment for all kinds of degenerative diseases because of the stem cells’ regenerative abilities. The history of stem cell research shows us that stem cell therapy holds the answer to slowing or stopping the aging process, and further stem cell research will hopefully find the key to curing all disease.

Stem Cell Therapy Learning Center:

What is a Stem Cell?
Stem Cell Therapy
Stem Cell Transplants
Embryonic Stem Cells
Adult Stem Cells
Cord Blood Stem Cells
Neural Stem Cells
Pro and Cons

For more information on how stem cell therapies can help you in recovering from a serious degenerative condition, please contact Jim Cohan & Associates at 818-504-2318.