Stem Cells

Can stem cells be drugs?

The Washington DC district court seems to think so. this move made over the last couple of years, has called an abrupt stop to regulated stem cell treatments, these treatments are currently not proven. An example of this regulation comes from stem cells harvested from bone marrow which can still be used as a treatment, but once the supposed drug is anything more than minimally manipulated, it becomes an illegal drug.

This move has apparently been long sought after and seems to look like the stopping force a great medical step forward, it could have proved a great success but the law stopped them dead in the tracks. There are probably still mixed views as to what should have happened, for instance, stopping an uncertain treatment appears to be a good thing on paper, but stopping 1000's of victims of all sorts of illnesses from being cured is not a good idea.

You may be wondering how this actually works. it is a form of sustained tissue growth or regeneration of tissues, that occurs when a stem cell is removed and is grown in sterile conditions, to regenerate parts of the body. The cells usually come from an accessible part of the body eg hip, and will heal practically anything.

I will now ask you this; should this treatment be stopped?-it beats me why they have!