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Cell Therapy

Preventive and Immunologic Intervention

Cell therapy is a treatment in which viable cells are injected, grafted, or implanted into a patient to produce a therapeutic effect. It covers approaches such as transplanting T-cells that fight cancer cells through the immune system and grafting stem cells to repair or restore diseased tissue.

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Source Cell therapy (Wikipedia)
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Cell therapy (Wikipedia)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_therapy, lead section
    Cell therapy (also called cellular therapy, cell transplantation, or cytotherapy) is a therapy in which viable cells are injected, grafted or implanted into a patient in order to effectuate a medicinal effect, for example, by transplanting T-cells capable of fighting cancer cells via cell-mediated immunity in the course of immunotherapy, or grafting stem cells to regenerate diseased tissues.
  • Treats: Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Article text, use for
    Researchers have demonstrated the use of MSCs for the treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI).
  • Treats: Peripheral Artery Disease, Article text, use for
    This mode of action is proposed by companies such as Pluristem and Pervasis that use adherent stromal cells or mature endothelial cells to treat peripheral artery disease and arteriovenous access complications.
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