Category Archives: Tennessee Stem Cells

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center performs around 215 stem cell and bone marrow transplants each year, providing care leading up to the transplant, through all aspects of the procedure, and indefinitely after the transplant to monitor for complications. To address some common questions about the procedure, we spoke with Madan Jagasia, M.D., director of the Outpatient Transplant Program and section chief for Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant at Vanderbilt-Ingram.

What is a stem cell? (click to enlarge)

Stem cells or more specifically, in this case, hematopoietic stem cells are cells that can give rise to all the different types of mature blood cells the red blood cells that carry oxygen, the platelets involved in blood clotting, and a host of white blood cells, which are part of the bodys immune system and provide defense against infectious agents. Stem cells are self-renewing (i.e., they can produce more of themselves) and reside primarily in the bone marrow but also circulate in the blood.

For a stem cell transplant, the stem cells can come from a related or unrelated donor, from umbilical cord blood, or from the patient him/herself.

No, these are adult stem cells, from the blood or bone marrow. Even when the source of stem cells is umbilical cord blood, these are still adult stem cells and have nothing to do with embryonic stem cells.

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Understanding Stem Cell Transplant VICC Momentum

By Christina E. Sanchez, THE TENNESSEAN

Vanderbilt University believes its research on human embryonic stem cells will find cures and save lives.

A Tennessee-based Christian group believes it is saving lives by bringing the research to a grinding halt.

They stand on opposite sides of a debate that swept the nation last week after a federal judge barred government funding of human embryonic stem cell research, saying it was illegal. The Obama administration plans to appeal the decision.

Tennessee has become a key player in the arguments unfolding in court that could decide the fate of research involving human embryos. Even Tennessee's two U.S. senators are divided on the issue.

After filing a federal lawsuit 18 months ago, the Tennessee-based Christian Medical and Dental Association and others involved in the suit are cheering the recent court injunction as a victory on moral ground.

"It's not a matter of if we should be doing regenerative medicine research; it is a question of where we get the stem cells," said Dr. David Stevens, chief executive officer of the representative group for 17,000 medical professionals, headquartered in Bristol in the northeast corner of Tennessee.

"We crossed the line of ethical medicine."

Opponents believe destroying an embryo to harvest its stem cells is the equivalent of taking a human life. They point to adult stem cells, taken from a living donor, as a more ethical alternative.

Meanwhile, Vanderbilt researchers, who were surprised by the ruling, say the freeze on their work stymies progress in a promising area of research.

Link:

Tennessee in middle of embryonic stem cell fight | wbir.com

Autologous Stem Cell Transplant / Bone Marrow Transplant

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Thompson Cancer Survival Center in Knoxville is the only East Tennessee stem cell transplant program ever to earn accreditation and reaccreditation from the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy.

This FACT accreditation attests that the Thompson stem cell transplant program's clinical and technical excellence are among the best in the nation. So East Tennessee patients who need high-dose chemotherapy don't have to travel far from home at a time when they need the comfort and support family and friends can provide.

Thompson's Fellowship Center provides free accommodation for patients and family members from outside the Knoxville area.

More than 160 multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, leukemia, Hodgkin's disease and testicular cancer patients have received stem cell transplants at Thompson with excellent outcomes.

Stem cell transplant therapy at Thompson takes 45 to 60 days of outpatient or inpatient treatment. Each patient's referring physician is fully informed about every step of the procedure. After the process is successfully completed, patients return to their regular physician for follow-up care.

Many national and regional health insurers cover stem cell transplant therapy, and Thompson is included in most networks as an autologous stem cell transplant center.

The Thompson Stem Cell Transplant program is located at the Thompson downtown facility at 1915 White Ave., Knoxville, TN. For more information about the program, please call 865-541-2161.

Link:

Stem Cell Transplant Program - Covenant Health

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