STEM CELL THERAPY

WHAT IS IT?

• An injection of healthy stem cells into your body to replace damaged or diseased stem cells.

WHY IS IT USED?

• To help replace stem cells that has been damaged.
• Or to help certain diseases.
• It may be used for people who have blood disorders such as, leukemia, lymphoma, or multiple myeloma.

WHEN DID IT START?

• Research mainly first started in the mid 1800's
• That's when they discovered that cells had the ability to produce other cells.
• Successful research began in 1956, by Dr. E. Donnall Thomas.
• He successfully transplanted bone marrow for the first time.

IS STEM CELL THERAPY SAFE?

• There are a range of diseases caused by stem cell therapy.
• But research is still trying to find way for that not to happen.

TYPES OF STEM CELLS

• There are many different stem cells throughout the body.
• They are formed at different stages of your life.
• Embryonic stem cells; come from the early stages of life.
• Cord blood stem cells; come from a baby's obilical cord.
• Mesenchymal stem cell; found in bone marrow.