Definitive treatment of 80 blood diseases with stem cells

According to Fars news agency’s health reporter, Reza Golestani, head of the hematopoietic stem cell registration center in the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization, said: the work of hematopoietic stem cells is the formation of blood cells such as red blood cells to transport oxygen in the body, and the production of white blood cells to defend the body’s immunity. and the production of platelets to prevent bleeding.

He mentioned the definitive treatment of 80 different types of blood diseases, including the applications of hematopoietic stem cells, and added: If a person’s stem cells have a problem, or if the white and red blood cells and platelets in his body are incomplete, stem cell transplantation can prevent the occurrence of blood diseases. .

The head of the hematopoietic stem cell subscription center in the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization stated: We have 2 thousand patients in need of hematopoietic stem cell transplants in the country every year, of which about 1300 transplants are performed per year, and of these cases, usually 60% of our blood cells are transplanted. It is individual, 20% of relatives and the other 20% who do not find anyone should get cells from non-relatives.

Golestani added: We are talking to blood volunteers in the blood transfusion organization and if they are willing, they can donate their blood stem cells to people who need to receive stem cells from non-relatives.

Stating that there are more than 200 blood donation centers in the country, he said: All ethnicities of the country have access to these centers and there is a good public trust in these centers.

The head of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Subscription Center in the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization considered it necessary to allocate appropriate national funds to these centers and added: Currently, all facilities are ready to attract donors and we have no problem in attracting them, but if the budget reaches us, we will have more needs. we will cover

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