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How are adult/tissue stem cells used to treat diseases like cancer?

April 26, 2017Adult cancer diseases stem cells tissue treat Used

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How are adult/tissue stem cells used to treat diseases like cancer?

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For more than 30 years, bone marrow stem cells have been used to treat cancer patients with conditions like leukemia and lymphoma. During chemotherapy, while most of the leukemia cells are killed, so are the blood-forming stem cells in the bone marrow that patients need to make new blood cells. As a result, many patients die from the toxic effects of chemotherapy against normal blood cells. However, if stem cells are removed from the patient before chemotherapy and then re-injected after treatment is completed, the stem cells in the bone marrow are able to produce large amounts of red and white blood cells. This keeps the body healthy and helps fight infections.