• Submitted by: manso
• Society
• 06 / 29 / 2011

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2011.06.27 - 18:06:12 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Havana, Cuba.- The application of stem cells treatments aimed at the rapid recovery of people has revolutionized medical science and the possibility of using the method to relieve injuries athletes suffered.

The Deputy Director of Research of the Hematology and Immunology Institute, Dr. Porfirio Hernandez told ACN News Agency that a clinical test demonstrated its possibilities and will constitute an efficient weapon in the sports field in Cuba after carrying out the first cases.

“This new treatment will be very valuable for bone fractures and muscle, ligament and tendon ailments”, he stressed.

The Dr. added that “for the moment this procedure, which is not surgical, has had good results and the patients have shown quick recoveries.”

However, the procedure is very young in the medical sciences, biological and research spectrum and “a long way is still needed to completely learn about its regenerating capacity”, he pointed out.

The truth is that the athletes, due to their intense training and competition suffer a number of injuries in which the majority of the cases there have been good results, while in others provokes an early retirement making this method an option in improving their health.

The stem cells can be obtained from the bone marrow or peripheral blood starting from determined stimulates or those that have the possibility of self renovating through mitosis divisions that is to say by itself.

They can produce cells of one or more mature tissues, functional or differentiated according to the potential level.

The majority of an adult’s individual tissue has a specific self stem cell population allowing its periodical renovation or regeneration when there is a specific damage. There are different types and the one mostly used are the embryo and adults, this last has the advantage of avoiding the bodies’ rejection because the patient is its own donor. (By Jesús Arrieta Alfonso) (ACN)