Spinal muscular atrophy treatment with stem cell therapy

Stem cell therapy shows excellent results in treating spinal muscular atrophy in adults. Nowadays, several ways can help obtain stem cells, but using material from other people might result in inappropriate immune reactions and severely worsen the condition. Neurologists carefully examine the patient and prescribe various diagnostic procedures and lab tests to ensure that the patient can successfully undergo stem cell therapy. First, the patient needs to undergo a special stimulation therapy that increases the efficiency of the primary treatment method. Doctors start by getting fat tissues and extracting native adipose stem cells from them. After that, these cells are enhanced and grown in the lab. And finally, they are delivered into the body. Stem cells have a specific ability to become the type of cells that the patient's organism lacks the most. As a result, they become motor neurons that help maintain movement functions and prevent further development of spinal muscular atrophy symptoms. In some cases, this method could also be combined with gene replacement therapy to increase treatment efficiency.