How can they be used?

Medicine continues to move rapidly towards personalised treatment for a host of diseases, and stem cell therapy is one way to shift the move into high gear.  Stem cell therapy treats diseases by replacing dysfunctional or diseased cells with healthy, functioning ones. 

In fact stem cell research is the most promising path to curing many severe diseases and disabling medical conditions that would otherwise remain untreatable.

Stem cell therapy has been used successfully over 700 times in the U.S. over the last 10 years and it has been used many more times in other countries around the world.   It is believed that stem cell therapy may eventually offer remedies for such conditions as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, juvenile diabetes, spinal cord injury, MS, ALS, and certain forms of cancer and heart disease. Cell therapy is also being used in experiments to graft new skin cells to treat serious burn victims, and to grow new corneas for the sight-impaired.