Stem Cell Therapy Clinic

It is the nature of humanity to question new advances in technology and new medical treatments. In the Middle Ages, people called the doctors who tried to find out how the human body works heathens and heretics. For a long time medical professionals scoffed at the idea of antiseptic techniques and even when AIDS was first identified people refused to believe that it existed. Today the same problem exists whenever the question of Stem Cell Therapy and treatments are raised. While there are already Stem Cell Therapy clinics that offer some treatments based on stem cell research, we have only scratched the surface of what could be possible.

The main reason for the lack of pure research is the opinion toward stem cell research that many people have. There is some controversy around stem cell research. One could write and entire article on the controversy but the main points are quite simple. The main controversy surrounds the technique that is used to create new Stem Cells - the destruction of a blastocyst (which is a just fertilized human embryo). The objections are based on both moral and religious grounds with different groups having their own opinions on the matter. On the other hand, supporters cite the success that Stem Cell Therapy has already achieved and point to the new methods being discovered that can create Stem Cells without destroying a developing human being. While not the witch hunts of the Middle Ages, Stem Cell Therapy clinics still sometimes have to deal with activists.

Controversy aside, the introduction of Stem Cell Therapy has lead to an important use in the treatment of cancer patients with leukemia and lymphoma. For the past thirty years, the cells from the bone marrow, and more recently from the umbilical cord blood stem cells, have been used in treating these patients. The chemotherapy involved in treating these patients use cytotoxic agents that kill the growing cells. It is not only the leukemia cells that are killed but also those that release Stem Cells from the marrow. In an effort to reverse the effect, healthy donor Stem Cells are transplanted to replace the damaged, destroyed or tainted Stem Cells of the patient. Most Stem Cell Therapy clinics prefer to use a donor but if this is not possible, the patient's marrow can be used as long as a sample was taken before chemotherapy was started.

This is the most famous and widely used treatment based on Stem Cell Therapy that is practiced and applied by Stem Cell Therapy clinics. As more and more stem cell research is performed, however, researchers and doctors are discovering more possible avenues in which Stem Cells can be used. Some of the treatments that have been put forward are to help in the treatment of serious conditions such as brain damage, damage to the heart, and spinal cord injuries. It has even been said that it can help to cure baldness or to replace missing teeth! Stem Cell Therapy may soon be the single thing that can alleviate almost any human ailment.