Osteoarthritis Treatment from Stem Cells

In recent years the science and technology has been working in collaboration to welcome state of the art alternative treatment for conventional medical practices; which are not been able to treat many diseases, such as diabetes, neurological indications as well as arthritis. Recently with the FDA approval announcement for stem cells therapy and their applications for arthritic issue; the innovative therapy can be applied in the treatment of various degenerative conditions such as degenerative arthritis, tendonitis, as well as many ligament diseases.

Many people now days, are suffering with dangerous diseases like arthritis, joint pain, injuries, etc; adding more disturbances to the day to day functioning of life. For many of them, the only option seeming to be viable is to take synthetic hormonal supplements and/or drastic surgeries. However, these conventional instincts were not able to solve joint problem, additionally long term use of synthetic drugs as well as surgeries can flare up with side effects or other opportunistic infections. Scientists and other medical professionals thus were looking out for another alternative that would be way better to solve any kind of joint problem.

Stem cells therapy could be a viable answer to the problems that many health related problems, including joint pain. Stem cells are the basic cells of human bodies, which have been identified to have regenerative potential and a capacity to differentiate into many new cells with different origin. In a joint issues such as arthritis, the cartilage also known to be as the cushioning material gets damaged possibly due to person’s own immune cells; thus exposing junction of a bone to each other increasing a fiction between them. This fiction is mainly responsible for pain in arthritis, as it is directly associated with neuronal damage. Stem cell therapy has been identified to be a medical boon for silent killers such as arthritis. In essence stem cells from patient’s own body will be isolated and enriched in a controlled atmosphere of laboratory and will be infused back in to the body at the site of injury, to allow them to regenerate lost cells and restore back the function. These stem cells are present in dormant state in all the adult tissues of the human body; however adipose tissue is recently identified as the richest source of these reservoir stem cells and can be isolated outside the body with minimally manipulative techniques.

As in case of joint issues, these stem cells have proven to undergo series of multiplications and differentiations to form bone cells and/or cartilaginous cells. The clinical studies that are taking place worldwide have evidently shown that these stem cells are the chief elements in reducing the inflammation and the pain associated with arthritis. Stem cells, if stimulated with patients own platelet rich plasma can be more effective in secreting growth factors and creating a niche or microenvironment. The adipose stem cells stimulated with autologous plasma have known to secrete immune regulatory cells, which have the power to regulate body’s own immune cells and prevent them from further damaging the cartilage. Thus, these stem cells have been identified to reduce the progression of a disease.

Thus, if anyone is persistently suffering from joint problems or arthritis related issues then one can think about the stem cells therapy for arthritis as a viable alternative to steroidal medicines or possible recommendation of a surgery.