![]() All other treatments are considered experimental or unproven. In Canada, all new therapies, including stem cell therapies, must be approved by Health Canada before they can be offered in a hospital or clinical setting. ![]() There are also treatments available for certain, bone, skin and eye illnesses or injuries. The most common form of stem cell treatment available today is bone marrow transplant (also called hematopoietic stem cell transplant), which is most often used to treat blood conditions such as leukemia or lymphoma, and is also showing promise in the treatment of certain forms of autoimmune disease. There are two main ways stem cells can be used: 1) as a transplant, where the desired stem cells are harvested either from the patient or a donor and refined or modified in some way before being injected or grafted into the patient, or 2) as a target for a drug or other biologic, where the drug or biologic is intended to activate a desired response from the stem cells that already exist in the patient’s tissues or organs.
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