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Stem cells changed landscape of medicine with a new approach to treatment: Vipul Jain
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Nandita Vijay, Bengaluru
October 26 , 2017
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Stem cells changed the landscape of medicine with a new approach of
regenerative medicine. It has a promising future for patients suffering
from medical conditions that currently lack successful standard
treatments, said Vipul Jain, chief executive officer, Advancells.
Therefore
stem cells is the future of modern medicine. It is the core of the new
medical revolution with the ability to repair or rejuvenate any body
part that has got diseased due to a trauma or an ailment, Jain told
Pharmabiz in an email.
These are the smart cells of our body
with a remarkable potential to develop into different cell types in the
body during early life and growth. In addition, in many tissues they
serve as a sort of internal repair system, dividing essentially without
limit to replenish other cells as long as the person is alive. When a
stem cell divides, each new cell has the potential either to remain a
stem cell or become another type of cell with a more specialized
function, such as a muscle cell, a red blood cell, or a brain cell,
helping to treat the injured area.
Currently stem cell therapy
is approved to be used in about 11 diseases which are primarily cancers
of the blood in both paediatric as well as adult use. Other forms of
therapy are currently only permissible under strict trial basis where
the institute has to take permission from ICMR to conduct a clinical
trial and adhere to all the clinical trial requirements. The government
has been very proactive in taking the clinical trial results to the next
level and has given limited marketing approval to several stem cell
products and procedures where successful usage of stem cells has been
proven based on qualified clinical trial results approved by the ICMR.
Advancells
also works on writing protocols for partner doctors and hospitals which
they can use for treating the patients using regenerative medicine. The
company was also associated with Champions of Change – Transforming
India through G2B (government to business) partnership” initiative of PM
Narendra Modi’s government.
“We have the technology where cells
can be prepared from various sources such as bone marrow, adipose
tissue, dental pulp, skin etc. It is a rapidly developing field and
offers hope of effective treatment for a variety of degenerative
diseases such as Autism, Parkinson’s, Alzheimers, multiple sclerosis
etc. Though there are challenges, stem cell therapy is an emerging field
of medicine that shows positive advances through various human clinical
trials”, said Jain.
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