In the context of world medicine entering the era of regenerative medicine, stem cell technology is considered the key to opening many advanced, safe and potential treatment directions for patients.
That was shared by Dr. Mai Trong Hung, Director of Hanoi Obstetrics Hospital, at the opening ceremony of the Stem Cell Center - Tissue Bank, which took place on November 25.
On October 17, the Stem Cell Center - Tissue Bank was officially licensed to operate by the Ministry of Health after a rigorous assessment process. The Center is allowed to receive and preserve stem cells; supply stem cells domestically; exchange tissues and stem cells with other tissue banks; and cooperate internationally to serve the goals of medical examination and treatment, training and medical research.
Stem Cell Center - Tissue Bank is built according to international standards (Photo: Provided by the Hospital).
The center is equipped with a complex of advanced equipment, including a precise microenvironment control incubator, an automated cord blood stem cell separation system, quality analysis technology using flow techniques with the ability to read up to 10 fluorescence channels, and a large-scale liquid nitrogen storage system capable of preserving over 5,000 hematopoietic stem cell units.
This scientific and technological infrastructure ensures the purity, viability and stability of each stem cell sample over a long period of time, contributing to maintaining therapeutic efficacy when the samples are used for clinical purposes.
According to the Stem Cell Center (Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital), stem cells are cells that have the ability to self-proliferate and differentiate into many different types of cells, tissues, and organs.
Depending on the body's needs, stem cells will proliferate and differentiate, providing a source of new cells to regenerate tissue, repair damage at the cellular level, and help the body maintain balance.
The center's facilities (Photo: Minh Nhat).
Stem cell therapy aims to replace damaged cells with new cells. In addition, biological active substances from stem cells will stimulate the cell repair process in damaged tissue areas, helping the function of damaged tissues and organs to be restored to normal operation.
To date, hematopoietic stem cells have been shown to treat over 80 blood diseases, including malignant diseases. In many cases, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the only chance for a patient to be completely cured.
In addition, there are hundreds of other complex diseases being researched and treated with mesenchymal stem cells.
Results from many studies show that this is a promising method in the field of regenerative medicine, opening up opportunities to repair and restore acute or chronic damage to many tissues and organs in the body that were previously almost incurable.
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