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Adult Stem Cell Research

On the other hand, we could obtain an individual’s own stem cells and specialized adult also for other tissues or organs needed rebuilding. A good supply of own stem cells could be obtained from the umbilical cord at birth and subsequently retain frozen.

Therefore, the possibilities would be two: collect stem cells from an adult, or keep frozen umbilical cord at birth that can serve later as the aforementioned provision of stem cells.

Stem cells are cultured in appropriate media until the tissue is needed. After the individual patient is transplanted tissue or cultured cells needed to regenerate the diseased organ. Read the rest of this entry »

In an adult there are tissues in which some of their cells are actively dividing, but not in others. Among those who fall are the bone marrow and skin, they found stem cells from bone marrow and skin. These cells reproduce and generate specialized cells in blood and skin respectively.

In other tissues have also been found specialized stem cells, able to reproduce and to generate specialized tissues and only those tissues. These specialized stem cells are rare and difficult to isolate.

At first it was thought that the specialized stem cells could only generate specialized cells of the same type. However it was found that these cells can generate cells with different expertise from the original. So neural stem cells of the spinal cord have produced different types of blood cells. Read the rest of this entry »

Where are they?

Stem cells can be found in many body tissues such as bone marrow, fat, blood and other organs like the heart.

You can find more immature stem cells in the embryo, as well as in umbilical cord blood of a newborn baby. Are commonly used bone marrow isolated in our clinical trials.

What diseases can be treated with stem cells?

According to their origin, stem cells have been studied as a possible treatment strategy for many diseases like diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, burns, spinal cord injury and, more specifically heart disease. Read the rest of this entry »

What are Stem Cells?

Stem cells are unspecialized cells that have the amazing ability to become many different cell types of the body. Serving as a sort of repair system for the body, potentially can be divided without limit to replenish other cells that have been damaged. When a stem cell divides, each new cell can remain a stem cell or become another type of cell with a more specialized function, such as a muscle cell, a red blood cell or a heart cell.

Types of stem cells

There are four types of stem cells: Read the rest of this entry »