Facts about Cell Theraphy

  • Cell therapy is the transfer of intact, live cells into a patient to help lessen or cure a disease. The cells originate from the patient (autologous cells) or a donor (allogeneic cells).
  • The infused cells can facilitate repair and renewal of damaged tissues, and protect against further damage and disease by immunomodulation, releasing growth factors, protective cytokines or direct cell contact.
  • Cell Therapy is now an important part of present and future therapies and offers hope.
  • Many diseases have limited or ineffective therapies:
  • Cancer: more targeted CAR T cells that last
  • Transplants: better mays to prevent rejection, more organs
  • Orthopedics: Joint repair -effective ways to restore cartilage and bone
  • Heart disease: RNA therapeutics-facilitate cell longevity in vivo
  • Neurology: ALS, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease -limited or non-existent therapies, targeting neuroinflammation, not effective with present techniques