Report from Tribunnews.com journalist, Eko Sutriyanto
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – It is believed that stem cell therapy will become a trend in the future and a number of studies that have been conducted on this therapy show quite promising results.
Even so, stem cells are still in the research stage and have not yet become a standard service.
Stem cells are cells that have the ability to renew themselves and the ability to differentiate into various types of cells.
Even though stem cells are undifferentiated cells, they can produce specialized cells, such as heart muscle cells, blood cells, nerve cells, and so on.
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Director of PT Bifarma Adiluhung and Deputy Director of the Stem Cell and Cancer Institute (SCI), dr. Sandy Qlintang, M.Biomed said, actually everyone has stem cells.
“However, as we age we naturally experience a progressive decline in the effectiveness of our stem cells,” he said during a Media Brief on the topic Genomics and Cell Therapy: Research Progress and Innovation to Overcome Chronic Diseases explaining that genomics and cell therapy are the treatment options that will occur in the future in Jakarta not long ago.
He also explained environmental factors such as pollution, radiation and poor quality food, then hormonal, metabolic and immunological disorders such as stress, disease and substance abuse.
“Excessive use can cause stem cells to become depleted and damaged more quickly and this is common in athletes,” he said.
Sandy also explained genomics and cell therapy to look at future treatments and the difference between genetics and genomics even though both are related to genes.
“Genetics is research or learning about this gene and its role in the inheritance of certain traits or conditions from generation to generation. One example of genetics is thalassemia, an inherited gene disorder,” said Dr. Sandy Qlintang.
Meanwhile, genomics is the study of all the genes of an organism (genome) in the body, including the interaction between genes and a person’s environment, such as food.
“DNA examination through genomics with nutrigenomic tests is said to be a comprehensive solution for early detection of the risk of genetic and degenerative diseases, and can even provide information regarding the intake of micronutrients or macronutrients needed by the body according to each condition,” he said.
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2023-09-29 14:33:13
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