Muscular dystrophy is an assemblage of diseases that damage and gradually weaken the body muscles rendering the person helpless. The damages sets in due to the lack of a protein called dystrophin, essential for normal muscle and motor functions. The absence of dystrophin causes problems while walking, swallowing, posture, and limb coordination. Muscular dystrophy treatment involving autologous stem cells, can maintain the balance of dystrophin and strengthen the musculoskeletal muscles to produce all the required movements of the body.
The prognosis for muscular dystrophy is based on the severity of the symptom. Most individuals lose the ability to walk and become totally dependent on supportive devices and wheelchair to move about. Although there is no known cure for muscular dystrophy, still early diagnosis and certain therapies may help in reducing the dearth of the symptoms.
Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy is common among children. The symptoms include:
- Irregular walking gait
- Loss of reflexes
- Difficulty standing up from sitting or sleeping position
- Poor posture
- Bone fragility
- Abnormal curvature of your spine (scoliosis)
- Intellectual impairment
- Difficulties while swallowing and breathing
If the individuals with muscular dystrophy are not provided with apt treatment, at an early stage, they may get confined to a wheelchair before they enter teenage. For muscular dystrophy cell treatment is a promising treatment option to rebuild the waning muscle and also curb further musculoskeletal deterioration.
Stem Cell-Based Therapies
Stem cells are specialized body cells found in tissues (like bone marrow) and can proliferate and replicate themselves for a long period of time. For muscular dystrophy, cell treatment is a stem cell-based therapy, responsible for the development of muscle tissues. Stem cells sourced from the patient’s own bone marrow have these properties:
- They are capable of dividing and self-renewal for a long time
- They can give rise to specialized or any cell type
Therapies with stem cells restore the skeletal muscle deficiency in individuals with muscular dystrophy by regenerating new muscle fibers.
For muscular dystrophy treatment, the mesenchymal stem cells derived from the patient’s own bone marrow is processed in the fully equipped GLP (Good Lab Practice) & GMP (Good Medical Practice) laboratory of the Neurogen hospital. The treated stem cells are injected into the muscles using a very thin needle.
The individuals are enrolled in rehabilitation therapies, post cell therapy, for better results.
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