Operations arthritis remain in the past

Can stem cells cure a person from arthritis? Scientists are convinced that very soon these cells will become an excellent alternative operations for knee replacement.

Many elderly patients with arthritis to the last attempt to avoid surgery, but sometimes they simply have no choice. Or surgical replacement of one (sometimes two) of the knee joint or a wheelchair for the rest.

Even today some American patients with arthritis proposed pilot Arthritis   using stem cells . Doctors take stem cells   bone marrow from the patient's hip and concentrated them in a centrifuge and injected back into the damaged joints. So far, these services can offer only a few doctors in the country.

Stem cells   are the only cells in the human body that can be transformed totally into any other specific cells. In the case of people suffering from arthritis, the stem cells are injected into damaged joints, which will soon turn into chondrocytes - the main cells of cartilage tissue. Additionally, stem cells enhance natural "reconstruction" process organism accelerate healing, reduce inflammation, prevent scarring of the skin.

One of the participants of clinical research, Dr. Christopher cents from the clinic Blumfelda city, Colorado, says that the results arthritis treatment   stem cells look awesome. Over a two-year test period of 200 patients received treatment. Two-thirds came more than fifty percent relief state, according cents, and 40% of the state has improved by more than 75%.

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