The umbilical cord blood stem cells break new ground in healing hard-to-cure diseases

[Anchor]

With the increasing number of the patients who suffer from the hard-to-cure diseases, various treatments have been tried for eliminating the cause. Recently, the "umbilical cord blood stem cells" are brought up to be the new solutions and give hope to the patients. Our next report has the details.




[Reporter]

The stem cells are basic cells for making about two hundred and sixty of body cells such as bones, bloods, and nerves. By duplicating themselves, the stem cells restore the damaged cells. Among them, especially, the umbilical cord blood stem cells are highly effective on curing the hard-to-cure diseases. Those cells, which have the functions to investigate and chase the specific cells, are from the cellular tissue of the umbilical cord. With this, it is possible to load the anti-cancer genes or healing substances so as to fight off the germs selectively.




[Interview - Won-il Oh, Director of Research of MEDIPOST]

~ The umbilical cord blood stem cells go inside of the body and find the affected area with specific disease. It is used for curing the incurable diseases like stroke, brain tumor and arthritis. The "umbilical cord blood stem cell therapy products" regenerate the cells and tissues that are damaged from diseases. Since the products are made from the adult stem cells extracted from the cord blood, the differentiation with the existing medicine is expected. Along with this, the number of people who are using the "cord blood bank" has been increasing.




[Interview - Won-il Oh, Director of Research of MEDIPOST]

~ It is known to be about four hundred thousand baby umbilical cord bloods are kept at the cord blood bank in Korea. Many of them are already used for the treatment, and most of them have been used for curing the blood diseases exclusively so far. Recently, however, they started to be utilized for cerebral palsy and childhood diabetes, so that the use of them seems to be increasing highly. Also, the cartilage regeneration therapy has been developed and has ahead of commercialization. While the development of various treatments are underway, the umbilical cord blood stem cells are going to break a new ground in healing the hard-to-cure diseases.


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