❶ Stem Cells: Miracles Or Deception

People suffering from serious illnesses are forced to grab every opportunity to free themselves from severe torment. Stem cells are considered to be one of the most popular methods of fighting fatal diseases. What is it: a panacea for all ills or another quack placebo? Location: Location: What are stem cells? They are the foundation of the body. Imagine it as a tree - as long as its trunk lives, it exists as such. The tree grows, every year new shoots appear and disappear on it, fruits ripen … Stem cells are also considered as those that are still at the stage of maturation, have not yet “aged” and have not become useless like a dry tree ready to crumble into dust. Developing ourselvesthey accelerate the regenerative processes throughout the body - this is their miraculous property and modern regenerative medicine is based. Such cells exist in any organism, except for unicellular ones. They are considered "universal" - they can turn into cells of absolutely any organ, multiplying through indirect division. Given this property, the problem of organ transplantation can be solved forever.

However, there are few real-life examples of miracles performed using stem cells. But in the media and on the Internet, there are enough advertisements for clinics and medical centers offering to rejuvenate by 20-30 years or defeat a cancer in a few months, however, for an astronomical amount. Sexually transmitted diseases, heart attacks, pneumonia, trophic ulcers, stomach ulcers - private doctors offer to heal all these diseases with the help of stem cells. Official medicine is still limited to clinical research, fearing to use all the possibilities of a miracle panacea until all possible side effects and contraindications are known. But they are already successfully treating cirrhosis of the liver and are used in dentistry, as well as used to restore immunity. Therefore, while you should not follow the lead of advertisers and businessmen,relying on magic cells - it is too early to talk about a 100% successful introduction of this technology into medicine.