Stem cell treatment: wait a few years
Belarus and Russia to build stem cell treatment clinic in Minsk
Andrey Asfura, BELTABelarus and Russia will build a stem cell treatment clinic in Minsk.
Director of the Institute of Biophysics and Cellular Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Lyudmila Dubovskaya, Candidate of Biological Sciences, told reporters about this, answering a question from a BelTA correspondent, during a presentation held in Minsk on the eve of the Belarusian Investment Forum.
At the first stage, it is planned to organize a polyclinic base. It should be formed by the end of 2013 in the building of the polyclinic of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. At the second stage, it is planned to organize a clinical base in the building of the 9th Minsk City Clinical Hospital. Subsequently, when the method is widely developed, a separate clinic building for stem cell treatment will be built.
The clinic is planned to be created with the participation of private capital. The Russian venture company "EurAsEC Information Technology Center" is ready to act as an investor. The clinic will treat patients with trophic ulcers, diabetes mellitus and myocardial infarction.
In addition to treatment, it is planned to organize joint production of stem cells. For this purpose, a joint venture "International Scientific and Medical Center - Cellular Technologies" will be created. The production of stem cells will be certified according to international standards.
Cooperation between Belarus and Russia in this area is provided for by the Union program "Stem Cells", approved on November 29, 2010. The state customer-coordinator of the program is the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia. The main implementing organizations are the Almazov Federal Center for Heart, Blood and Endocrinology and the Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. The performers of the program from the Belarusian side are eight organizations.
The aim of the program is to create a scientific and organizational basis for the development of stem cell transplantation technologies in experimental models. Currently, scientists have developed methods for isolating and culturing stem cells. With their help, trophic ulcers are already being treated. In addition, stem cells can be used to treat diabetes mellitus and myocardial infarction, as well as other diseases: from heart disease to skin diseases.
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