Cell therapy
Cell therapy
Cell therapy is a promising field of medicine that can make a significant contribution to improving the health of patients. Its main advantage is its effectiveness in treating patients who have not been helped by other methods.
Unlike chemotherapy or radiotherapy, cell therapy is less invasive and less toxic with minimal risk of side effects.
Cell therapy provides positive results in the fight against a wide range of diseases. Among them:
- Oncology. Using modified T-cells (or natural killer cells) to neutralize cancer cells, certain types of cancer, particularly leukemia and lymphoma, are treated.
- Heart and vascular diseases. Stem cells are used to successfully repair damaged heart tissue and improve its function in patients with cardiovascular pathologies.
- Disorders of the nervous system. Cell therapy is considered as a treatment method for many mental disorders, including Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis.
- Genetic disorders. Cell therapy makes it possible to replace or repair damaged cells in patients suffering from genetic disorders: sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, etc.
- Immune system disorders. Cell therapy, as a method of modulating the immune response, is used in the therapy of immune system disorders, particularly rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
- Skin diseases. Cells are used in the therapy of skin diseases and injuries, burns. Using skin grafts and cultured cells, doctors successfully repair damaged tissues.
- Organ failure. Cell therapy is a potential treatment option for organ failure, liver and kidney failure, due to the ability of stem cells to repair damaged tissue. In particular, the cell therapy method is effective in treating a condition such as cirrhosis of the liver. One of the methods of treatment of liver cirrhosis is stem cell transplantation. The procedure involves transplantation of stem cells from umbilical cord blood or bone marrow of a donor to the patient. Stem cell treatment helps to restore liver function, because healthy cells are implanted instead of damaged cells.
Types of cell therapy
The most researched type of cell therapy is stem cell therapy. The ability of stem cells to turn into other types of cells in the body allows them to be used to regenerate damaged or lost tissues and organs.
The most common sources of stem cells are bone marrow, umbilical cord blood and adipose tissue.
By type, stem cell therapy is divided into autologous therapy, when the patient's own cells are transplanted, and allogeneic therapy, which involves the use of donor cells. There is also CAR-T-cell therapy (separation of the patient's own white blood cells from the blood mass and genetic programming them to fight cancer cells), therapy with dendritic cells and treatment with NK-cells capable of recognizing and destroying atypical cells.
In general, cell therapy plays a significant role in the development of modern medicine as an effective way to fight diseases that until recently were considered incurable. The development of this field of medicine gives scientists the opportunity to widely use cell therapy technologies.
However, cell therapy remains a fairly new technology that requires research into the long-term safety of its use.
MedicalExpert specialists have considerable experience in referring patients for cell therapy treatment, so they will help in selecting the best clinic and doctor for each specific case.
Our goal is to make sure that every client receives safe and quality cell therapy treatment, so we cooperate only with reliable and certified clinics. If you contact MedicalExpert, you will receive a full list of services, from consultation with our specialists to post-treatment support.
