In India
thousands of patients require Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) every year. For this
ideally 50 BMT centers should be offering the treatment. The patients are
receiving treatment from 15 BMT centers across the country. Cost of BMT in India is around Rs 15 to Rs 20 lakhs with the
comparable results with advance centres in Europe and America .
Stem Cells are being used to treat various diseases. There
are over 45 different diseases related to cancers, immune deficiencies and
genetic disorders that are currently treatable with stem cell therapy. Limbal
stem cell transplant (tissue cultured) will be a boon to those patients with
corneal opacity and will obviate the requirement of corneal transplantation.
Likewise autologous stem cell transplant will be of great help to the patients
with non union of fracture, osteoarthritis and other bone related problems.
Stem cells are also useful in infertility, cardiology and neurological cases.
With the development of stem cell applications and research facility, many more
diseases will be treatable.
Centre for Bone Marrow Transplant and Stem Cell Research
will be built in around one and a half year time. The base work has been done
and the project will start in this financial year on turnkey basis and will
have state of the art facility. The aim of this facility is to provide
treatment at low cost for the people of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. A dedicated
multidisciplinary team has been formed to facilitate the development and
commissioning of this facility.
Photo and Press release: PPP Cell-BHU
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