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What are Stem Cells & How are They Used?

What are Stem Cells & How are They Used?

Over the last few years, technology, research, and success rates involving stem cells & regenerative medicine have skyrocketed. This treatment type holds a great deal of promise to help patients who suffer from chronic pain conditions. 

What are Stem Cells?

Stem cells are the only type of cell in the body that have the natural ability to generate new cell types. Stem cells are referred to as undifferentiated cells because it can become any type of cell. Our bodies require a variety of cells in order to survive and function, but each type of cell is not naturally produced in its full, mature state. 

Stem cells are cells in your body from which all other cells are created. These cells specialize in dividing to form more cells called “daughter cells.” Daughter cells then become new stem cells or become highly specialized cells with a specific function such as blood cells, bone cells, brain cells, or muscle cells. 

How Can Stem Cells Be Used?

In theory, there is no limit on how stem cells can be used in medicine, since they have self-renewing qualities. Scientists and researchers have found that stem cells are useful in many ways, and the areas of utilization continue to progress. 

Stem Cell Therapy

Stem cells play a vital role in many treatments for conditions like cancer and heart disease. Stem cell therapy promotes the repair and regrowth of damaged, diseased, or injured tissue using the power of stem cells. 

Stem cells can be grown in a laboratory setting where they are manipulated to grow into specific cell types – heart muscle cells, nerve cells, or blood cells. These cells are implanted into a patient. The healthy cells work to repair muscles and tissues that are injured or dysfunctional. 

What Conditions Can Stem Cells Treat

Stem cells have the ability to create new tissue for the use of transplants and regenerative medicine. Regenerative medicine harnesses the body’s ability to heal itself and regrow tissue and cells, creating a direct correlation to how stem cells are used in certain therapies. 

Stem cell therapy is proven to be beneficial to patients with the following injuries or diseases:

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