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Stem cell transplant is the process in which diseased cells are replaced by the stem cells collected at the time of birth from umbilical cord blood or bone marrow.
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Who are stem cell transplants safe for?
It once was thought that stem cell transplants were not safe in patients over age 60, but new research shows that elderly patients can safely receive stem cells from donors.
How can sickle-cell disease be treated?
Stem cell or bone marrow transplants are the only cure for sickle cell disease
How are stem cell transplants used?
Physicians use stem cell transplants to treat many diseases that damage or destroy bone marrow, found in the soft fatty tissue inside the bones. Examples of these diseases are leukemia and multiple myeloma.
Is stem cell transplantation used to make a person younger?
No, human stem cell transplants are used for their multipotency (they can become any type of cell). This does not reverse the telomere lost during cell division of other cells, which is typically used to determine biological age and potential longevity. Typically, stem cell transplants are used to combat a specific deficiency in an individual, such as Leukemia.
What diseases are stem cell technologies used to treat?
Stem cell technologies are being developed to treat many diseases such as Cancers and Parkinsons. They are currently used for bone marrow transplants.
What type of bone transplant uses bone marrow from a donor?
Either a bone marrow or a stem cell transplant (although these days most stem cell transplants are obtained from blood).
What kind of projects are the bd biosciences currently working on?
"BD Biosciences are currently working on furthering their research on Stem Cells, Stem Cell Transplants, and the general use of stem cells to treat and cure disease."
Describe the prenatal surgery procedure for treating X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome?
Experimental hematopoietic-stem-cell transplants.
What conditions are stem cell therapy being used for currently?
Stem cell therapy is used to treat several conditions. It has been used succesfully for years to treat leukemia and related blood/bone cancers through bone marrow transplants. Stem cell potentially has an unlimited number of possibilites. It can potentially be used to cure stroke vctims.
How. An stem cells help the patient?
In stem cell transplants, stem cells replace cells damaged by chemotherapy or disease or serve as a way for the donor's immune system to fight some types of cancer and blood-related diseases, such as leukemia, lymphoma, neuroblastoma and multiple myeloma.
What insurance carriers are best noted for successful cancer treatments and stem cell transplants for multiple myeloma in Henderson, NV area?
Well known are Geico and Progressive.
How are stem cells transplanted?
Physicians use stem cell transplants to treat many diseases that damage or destroy bone marrow, found in the soft fatty tissue inside the bones. Examples of these diseases are leukemia and multiple myeloma.
