Cell Therapy: Expert Perspective

Cell therapy is the use of cells as active entities to remove and/ or replace the damaged or diseased cells in a patient's body, wherein, the therapeutic cells can directly or indirectly interact with the native tissues or their designated targets to either modulate the pathological condition or completely replace their diseased counterparts. There are multiple ways of delineating different types of cell therapy. Based on origin of the cells, they can be classified as autologous- derived from the host patient or allogenic- derived from alternate source in the same species. Based on the type/ techniques for cells employed, cell therapies are classified into stem-cell, adoptive-cell transfer, cell-based vaccines and so on. Another important way of delineating cell- therapies is the application for which they are intended for oncology, auto-immune disorders, cardiovascular diseases and so on.