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YESTERDAY, I POSTED AN ARTICLE WHICH WASN'T EXACTLY PULITZER PRIZE WINNING MATERIAL (SCROLL DOWN TO SEE IT). THE WRITER OF THIS STORY CONCENTRATES ON THE FACTS AND DOESN'T TRY TO PUSH ANY AGENDA. AS A RESULT, WE HAVE A VERY NICE TALE ABOUT STEM CELL TREATMENT FOR MULTIPLE MYELOMA.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT MULTIPLE MYELOMA IS, THE ARTICLE KINDLY GIVES A DESCRIPTION-
Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the blood that affects the plasma cells. Plasma cells are an important part of the immune system; they produce antibodies to help fight infection and disease. Multiple myeloma is characterized by an excess production of abnormal plasma cells. Symptoms include increased risk of bacterial infections and impaired immune responses. WHAT IS THE PROCESS?
The procedure began in March when the patient, Virginia Case of Troy, was given medication that stimulates bone marrow to push out the autologous stem cells, also called progenitor cells. Autologous stem cells mean They're generated by the person who will receive them. They're not the embryonic stem cells that stirred a controversy across the country.
The medication is administered over 72 hours, and then the patient is hooked up to a Pheresis machine that draws out blood, returning red blood cells to the body while retaining plasma. The process took eight hours on March 24 and was repeated for another eight hours on March 25, according to Betty Roczniak, the reference lab supervisor at the blood center in the Hanover Industrial Park.THEN WHAT HAPPENS?
The Red Cross sent a worker to Sayre each day to pick up the bag of plasma and bring it back to Luzerne County. Laboratory workers then concentrated the plasma to the point where only stem and other cells remained. A preservative was added and the bags frozen at negative 116 degrees. Case underwent chemotherapy this week, which destroyed the cancer cells in her marrow. Today, the bags will be delivered to the Guthrie Cancer Center at Robert Packer Hospital, thawed and then administered intravenously to Case, who's in her 60s.The stem cells will find their way back into the bone marrow and repopulate it, Roczniak said, adding “They're very intelligent.THIS IS THE WAY AN ARTICLE SHOULD BE WRITTEN. WELL RESEARCHED, FACTUAL, NON OPINIONATED. AGAIN, LIKE YESTERDAY, I WISH THE LADY IN THE ARTICLE ALL THE BEST WITH HER STEM CELL TREATMENT.
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