The Advantages of Stem Cell in Contrast to Kidney Transplant

In this passage, we will mainly talk about the advantages of stem cell in contrast to kidney transplant.
1. A donated kidney is hard to get, which is known to all of us. Kidney disease is a popular disease. In China, one out of ten people will be diagnosed with kidney disease, which means that many patients with kidney disease are waiting for a donated kidney. In contrast, stem cell is easy to get, for it is abstracted from human being.
2. After stem cell transplant, there is no reject reaction, but after kidney transplant, patients will still take medicine which resist rejection it causes. After kidney transplant, patients may get infected and the operation itself has risk. In contrast, stem cell is safe and has no side effects.
3. Stem cell can differentiate into cells the kidney needs, repair the damaged kidney, rebuild renal structure, increase the immunity, thus treating kidney disease fundamentally. In contrast, kidney transplant can not treat kidney disease from root. As we mentioned before, kidney disease is caused by immune disorder, which leads to a series of immune complex. Although kidney is transplanted, it can not stop the deposition of immune complex. So after some time, kidney disease will recur for new immune complex deposits, which leads to new immune reaction and damage to the kidney.
4. The cost of kidney transplant is high, which is known to all of us. We even can not estimate the price when it is in short. However, stem cell is lower in price for it can be got easily.
From the above, we can get a conclusion that we can choose stem cell. How is it applied? In Xi’an Tongji Hospital, it is part of immunotherapy, which contains traditional Chinese medicine as well. Their combination can not only repair the damaged cells and increase the immunity of patients with kidney disease, but also treate kidney disease fundamentally.