New method of treating radiation diseases

The whole world tracks the heroic actions of workers and firefighters in the troubleshooting of the Fukushima nuclear power plant (nuclear power plant). It has not been reported about the level of radiation in the bodies of people who are discharging themselves for that task, but Russian doctors have spoken out about their treatment by new methods if required.

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Radiological diseases are usually cured by spinal cord transplantation , which actually implements stem cells that produce blood. But this method is not easy and very expensive. Need to find appropriate marrow donors or have a spinal cord available in the hospital's cold storage.

Workers clinging to Fukushima are at high risk of radiation exposure.

Scientists at the Russian Radiation Center in Obchinski City have recently found a new way to cure high-level infections. They use stem cells especially in adults, called mesenchyma cells. It is a precursor cell to create connective tissue (adipose tissue, cartilage tissue, bone tissue .). In older people this cell is actually present in all tissues but the number is not much, only the spinal cord is the most. It is important that the new method only requires very few cells .

Biological doctor Anatolii Konopliannikov, dean of radiation therapy department said: ' 1/2 ml of spinal cord contains about 10 million cells, including about 1,000 mesenchymal stem cells. We had cloning techniques in laboratory conditions to create a bank of these cells. It takes only 8 to 10 days to get 150 to 200 million cells to treat serious radiation patients '.

Mesenchymal stem cells discovered in the 60s of the last century by the outstanding Soviet scientist Alexandr Friedenstein , which if he did not lose early, would certainly be awarded a Nobel Prize for its great significance in medicine. learn. He also devised a unique method to extract mesenchymal stem cells from the spinal cord. The secret is that these cells have adhesion properties, meaning that they stick to the surface of the spinal cord.

At Konopliannikov's laboratory, a special substance was obtained to bring the spinal cord into a glass jar. Soon after, it will clone itself, to attach itself to it, so it has a precious preparation to save lives.

Professor Anatolii Konopliannikov added: 'Many experiments have confirmed the effectiveness of this method. If in Japan, even if only one person has a high dose of radiation, we will be ready to receive treatment with mesenchymal stem cells and believe that it will help patients avoid the worst consequences . '