Stem cell treatment will become legal in Antigua shortly,” the government has said
A firm has already established a presence here, and is planning to begin treatment as soon as the legal framework is put in place.
The name of the firm was not given.
The Parliament will next meet on Thursday, May 23, 2019, when the bill permitting the new treatment by doctors will be introduced.
This new approach to treating maladies in humans seeks to utilize non-embryonic stem cells, harvested from adults, that testing indicates can bring new life back to ailing bodies.
The multi-million dollar investment by the firm includes the construction of a hotel as well as hospital-like facilities for the administration of the medicine,” according to a brief statement from Cabinet.
According to Mayo Clinic, Researchers and doctors hope stem cell studies can help to:
- Increase understanding of how diseases occur. By watching stem cells mature into cells in bones, heart muscle, nerves, and other organs and tissue, researchers and doctors may better understand how diseases and conditions develop.
- Generate healthy cells to replace diseased cells (regenerative medicine). Stem cells can be guided into becoming specific cells that can be used to regenerate and repair diseased or damaged tissues in people.
People who might benefit from stem cell therapies include those with spinal cord injuries, type 1 diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, stroke, burns, cancer and osteoarthritis.
Stem cells may have the potential to be grown to become new tissue for use in transplant and regenerative medicine. Researchers continue to advance the knowledge on stem cells and their applications in transplant and regenerative medicine.
- Test new drugs for safety and effectiveness. Before using investigational drugs in people, researchers can use some types of stem cells to test the drugs for safety and quality. This type of testing will most likely first have a direct impact on drug development first for cardiac toxicity testing.
New areas of study include the effectiveness of using human stem cells that have been programmed into tissue-specific cells to test new drugs. For the testing of new drugs to be accurate, the cells must be programmed to acquire properties of the type of cells targeted by the drug. Techniques to program cells into specific cells continue to be studied.
For instance, nerve cells could be generated to test a new drug for a nerve disease. Tests could show whether the new drug had any effect on the cells and whether the cells were harmed.
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