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Treatment of Diseases Using Stem Cells

Shaina Chaudhary

Abstract


The doctors performed the first successful transplantation of bone marrow in 1968. Bone marrow contains somatic stem cells that can create the majority of the distinctive cell types that make up our blood. It is transplanted routinely to treat an assortment of blood and bone marrow ailments, blood cancers, and immune disorders. More recently, stem cells from the blood stream (called peripheral blood stem cells) and umbilical line stem cells have been utilized to treat a portion of similar blood-based illnesses.
Potentially, the most energizing utilization of stem cells lays on their capacity to separate into an enormous range of healthy functioning adult cells, subsequently giving a substitution source of cells to treat serious diseases. This eventually implies for all intents and purposes any illness that outcomes in cell and tissue decimation can conceivably be dealt with by stem cells. A portion of the conditions are especially debilitating and these include diabetes, spinal cord injuries, retinal ailment, Parkinson's illness, heart disease and cancer.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijaba.v3i1.160

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