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ARE STEM CELL AND BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS THE SAME?
Let’s start with some bone marrow basics! Bone marrow is the mushy tissue located inside the bones of every vertebrate. Immature cells known as stem cells can be found in there and they have the ability to generate different types of blood cells, such as:
- Red blood cells: Which carry oxygen and nutrients throughout the body.
- White blood cells: Their job is to fight infection.
- Platelets: Are responsible for the formation of clots.
BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS
Bone marrow transplants supply healthy cells to the patient's body replacing the damaged cells and helping the production of white blood cells, platelets, or red blood cells, restoring the body’s ability to avoid infections, bleeding disorders, anemia or more blood-related anomalies.
WHY ARE BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS PERFORMED?
Doctors may recommend bone marrow transplant in case of having:
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Myelodysplasia
- Multiple Myeloma
- Aplastic Anemia
- Congenital Neutropenia
- Severe Immune System Illness
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Thalassemia
BONE MARROW SIDE EFFECTS
A bone marrow transplant is considered a major medical procedure and increases your risk of experiencing:
- Drop in blood pressure
- Headaches
- Nausea
- Pain
- Shortness of breath
- Chills
- Fevers
STEM CELL TRANSPLANTS
Stem cell transplant is an umbrella term for transplants of adult stem cells that come from the placenta, bone marrow, cord tissue, amniotic fluid, teeth, umbilical cord blood, or fat. These cells are blank, undifferentiated, without a function, this meaning they are able to divide and develop into other kinds of cells.
At GIOSTAR, we use adult stem cells from adipose tissue. Why? The area around our waist functions as a storage unit where we save our energy and perfectly healthy adult stem cells in case our body needs either one of those.
These stem cells go under a procedure specially designed by Dr. Anand Srivastava
where we separate the stem cells and cultivate them, reverse their age, assign functions and apply them where needed so they are able to treat the affected area precisely ensuring the best results possible for the patient.
WHY ARE STEM CELL TRANSPLANTS PERFORMED?
As a way to improve the patient quality of life, doctors may recommend stem cell transplants to treat:
- Parkinson's
- Diabetes
- Lupus
- ALS
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Chron's
- Vasculitis
- Alzheimer's
- Autism
- Cerebral Palsy
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Osteoarthritis
- COPD
- Stroke
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Paralysis
GIOSTAR STEM CELL THERAPY SIDE EFFECTS
To this day, GIOSTAR patients' haven't presented side effects due to our stem cell therapy.
SO, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT AND STEM CELL TRANSPLANT?
The difference between bone marrow transplant and a stem cell transplant relies on the location the stem cells are extracted from. Stem cells from the bone marrow tend to differentiate into blood cells and stem cells or adult stem cells from other tissues like placenta, cord tissue, amniotic fluid, teeth, fat tend to differentiate into specific cells like hair cells, liver cells, neuronal cells, and more.
Bone marrow transplants were one of the first clinical procedures back when regenerative medicine was first starting to be a viable option for people born with inherited disorders or diagnosed with degenerative diseases.
As we described before, bone marrow actually has stem cells inside of it but, most of them are hematopoietic stem cells, this meaning they are destined to produce more blood cells and for a patient with let's say, Parkinson's it would not be really effective.
