Stem Cell Technology And Its Potential Applications

Being one of the most exciting and promising fields of medical research, embryonic stem cell research has progressed over the years going more in depth to discover the key to unlock the cure to many diseases. These unique individuals have the ability to copy themselves an unlimited amount of times and can grow into any cell type in the body. Scientists are seeing infinite value in these cells. They are able to further their research on the understanding of human development and how they can help treat many diseases. These embryonic stem cells give hope for medical advancement having the ability to grow into many different cells and can replace damaged or dead ones, producing new organs in the process. These cells have the ability to prevent or reduce the suffering of many people with many fatal diseases. Continuing stem cell research can further eradicate life-threatening diseases, introduce new medical knowledge, and help improve the health and appearance of burn victims.

Stem cell research is the key to profound advances in medicine that were previously unthinkable. Cure and treatment for serious diseases and major injuries are being created. New organ and tissue can be created. New drug testing will lead to safer medicine and more side effects will be spotted before the reach the market. Stem cell research is an important step to further medical

Over the decade, stem cell research has been ongoing around the world experimenting ways to control stem cells safely and effectively in the hope of curing as many diseases and help as many patients as possible. Stem cells are the foundation cell of our bodies. They are immature blood cells that have the remarkable potential and the ability to divide and form hundreds of copies and develop into various types of cell. Thus, it can be used to develop healthy tissues or organs to replace those that are damaged. In theory, there is no limit to the types of diseases that could be possibly treated with stem cell because it has the potential to develop into many different types of cell in the body. There are many people suffer in

Millions suffer from many different diseases and problems. What if a cell can possibly fix it all? Scientists are believing that stem cells can be very helpful in the cure to many of these situations. Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, spinal cord injuries, and hundreds of other genetic disorders are thought to be cured by stem cells. After a heart attack, the

Stem cells have shown a lot of potential to cure many life threatening diseases like Diabetes, Heart disease, Parkinson’s disease and many others. The use of stem cells can highly benefit a lot of people’s lives and improve their health. Stem cells can be implicated into society in the near future, only a few more tests need to be done. They will have a huge impact on society and it will change the way the world uses medical assistance.

Furthermore, stem cells can be useful for treating many diseases because of their wide variety of use. They are taken from a healthy part of the body, such as an organ or bone, and then replaced into a patient’s damaged body part. The healthy cells

Within the therapeutic sector of cloning and regenerative medicine, stem cells propose a lot of medical benefits as it shows potential in treating conditions like Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, diabetes, cancer and many others (Echevarria and Girolamo, 2010). Stem cells allow researchers to grasp a better understanding about the growth of human cells and their functions/development. Therefore, this will allow scientists in the future to test drugs without carrying out any tests on animals and a number of potential medicines. Furthermore, stem cell therapy also allows researchers to study the developmental stages of the embryo which then treat the number of birth defects and reduce infertility problems thus pregnant loss (Echevarria and Girolamo, 2010). A higher understanding of stem cells will suggest different techniques to treat abnormal development in the human body. In addition, stem cell therapy prevents the risk of rejection in a patient’s own body as the cells belong to the same human body.

First, it is necessary to explore the background of stem cells and answer the questions that everyday people aren’t sure about. In the UK a recent study showed that 90% of adults aged 16+ had heard of “stem cells” but only 34%

Stem cells are biological cells found in all multi cellular organisms. They have a unique feature of a remarkable potential to self renew and form other specialized types of cells in addition, they are able to produce more stem cells found in the human body. Scientists confirmed the existence of three different types of stem cell, the embryonic stem cell, adult stem cell and the induced stem cell. Among these three stem cells, the embryonic stem cells are regarded as the cells with the highest potential because they can cell divide themselves to form over the 220 different types of cells found in the human body. While this is the case in embryonic stem cells , the adult stem cells are termed as insufficiently functional because these cells

Stem cells have long been used in many research studies as they have shown the ability to differentiate into different cell types, regenerate, and play a role in immune regulation. Studies with bone derived stem cells that I came across where focused on assessing the safety, limitations, and therapeutic effects of bone derived stem cells in patients with varying diseases. Out of the many studies being conducted with stem cell transplantation and disease, the studies being investigating the potential use of stem cells for diabetes caught my attention. The CDC National Diabetes Report Statistics (2017), found diabetes to be the 7th leading cause of death in the U.S affecting, about 30.3 million people in the U.S in the year 2015. Patients

Stem cells are unspecialized cell that can both reproduce itself indefinitely and, under proper conditions, differentiate into specialized cells of one or more types. (Reece, Jane B., and Lisa A. Urry, 2011.) The term “stem cells” were first seen in scientific literature in 1868, a German biologist Ernst Haeckel used this term to describe the fertilized egg that becomes an organism. On February 2, 1963 the firs piece of evidence of blood stem cells seem, Ernest McCulloch and James Till conducted experiments on the bone marrow of mine and observed that different blood cells come from a special class of cells. In 1981, pluripotent stem cells are obtained from embryos of mice and are the first embryonic stem cells ever to be isolated. In 1989, Mario Capecchi, Martin Evans, and Oliver Smithies created mice which are missing specific genes. They created the mice using embryonic stem cells and homologous recombination. In 2007, they were recognized by the Nobel Assembly because their experiment proved to be an irreplaceable piece of evidence to understand how various human disease such as diabetes and cancer develop. On November 6, 1998 the first batch of embryonic stem cells that originated from early embryos. Then eleven years later, President Obama signed an executive order to repeal some restrictions on human embryonic stem cells research funds. On July 4, 2009, the National Institutes of Health had to create new guidelines on federal funding for stem research. (“History of

Stem cells have remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types during early life and growth in the body. Different tissues serve as all sorts of internal repair systems, dividing essentially without limit to replenish other cells as long as the person or even animal are still alive. When stem cells can divide, they can turn into new cells and have the potential either to remain a stem cell, or become another type of cell with a more specialized function. A cell with a specialized function is one such as a muscle cell, a red blood cell, or a brain cell. (“Stem cell basics: Introduction [Stem cell Information],” 2016)

Research in stem cells are not a new current discovery; during the 1980s, adult human cells were collected and identified through the work of embryonic cells (Bellomo 51). Embryonic stem

Stem cells are undifferentiated cells within the body that are defined by their ability to self renew and differentiate into specialized cells (1). Stem cells function in body tissues as a repair mechanism, with an unlimited ability to divide and restock cells as needed by the body. Each time a stem cell divides, the new cell formed can either remain a stem cell or differentiate into a specialized cell, such as a brain cell. Traditionally, there are two main types of stem cells: human embryonic stem cells [HESCs] and adult somatic stem cells. In 1981,embryonic stem cells were the first type of stem cell to be discovered (2). Embryonic stem cells originate from four-to-five day old embryos formed during the blastocyst phase of embryological development. The embryos used to derive stem cells are usually extras that were created using in vitro fertilization and not implanted (2).

Over the last decade the use of stem cells has been a controversial and heated topic. Debates have exploded over every aspect of stem cell research. It has been speculated by scientists that stem cell research may have the potential to cure harmful diseases or even regrow organs. However some find that the health issues seen in earlier attempts to use stem cell transplants and ethical controversies involved with extracting stem cells, make it very dangerous to further investigate. In actuality the fact remains that the potential cures that may come from stem cell research could prove to be some of the most significant advances in modern medicine to this day.