The need to create a stem cell bank to treat incurable diseases
A neurologist emphasized the need to create a stem cell bank for the treatment of incurable diseases, saying: “In emergency situations and in the absence of alternative treatment, we turn to stem cell transplantation.”
Amir Reza Boroumand, at the conference on “Jurisprudential Study of the Use of Stem Cells” held at Mashhad Medical School, stated: “In developed countries, by taking blood, the genetic bank of the newborn is prepared and all his genetic information is stored.” It is considered a duty to treat the genetic disease in the future. Genetic information should be collected and a macro treatment plan should be developed. All patients will be served.
He added: “The medical field is incapable of treating some diseases. For a disease like diabetes, which is common and costly, there is no definitive cure and can only be managed. Blood pressure, like diabetes, is the only management of the disease and there is no cure, and there is no cure in many medical topics.
The neurologist continued: “More than 70 percent of the budget of the Ministry of Health has been allocated to treatment. While the approaches that we institutionalize are placed in the prevention sector..
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Spinal cord injury
Boroumand stated: “Because medical science is incapable of solving spinal cord lesions, we turned to stem cell transplantation. When we take blood from one person and use it for another person when necessary, we are actually doing a cell transplant. The health institution defines and develops a process such as a blood bank, and the necessary tests are performed on the blood under optimal conditions.But He uses a blood bank when necessary, which is the same as treating the patient in emergency situations and the absence of alternative treatment and the use of stem cells.
He reiterated: “In order to reduce the challenge in this issue, we must pay attention to this issue at the macro level. In the field of medicine, sometimes what is left of the mother, including the placenta and the umbilical cord, is true, which is the issue of ownership. But, it has no function for the person and is buried, it is the duty of the health institution to extract it and use it to treat the disease.
Stem cells
Regarding stem cells, Boroumand said: “Stem cells are cells that have the capacity to produce an alternative cell like themselves when they divide. At the same time, they provide us with a cell that can be transformed into any cell in our body. From the time the embryo is formed until the moment of death, all the cells in our body contain stem cells.
Boroumand noted: “Since we have the umbilical cord and the placenta, it is possible for us to extract stem cells, without wanting to do anything medically wrong.” From here, our problem begins to prepare a stem cell bank.
Source: ISNA/Khorasan Razavi