Pushing medicine further Stem cells are cells found in animals and humans. They have the ability to divide and reproduce themselves. They are unspecialized, meaning they do not perform a specific function like muscle cells or nerve cells. But they are also pluripotent, meaning they have the ability to divide and make specialized cells—such as muscle, nerve, or skin cells—and even have the potential to make entire body parts. Some may ask, why haven’t we tried to cultivate this form of medicine
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with a scaffold, a three-dimensional structure, that it utilized to support the cells as they develop and grow. Scientists take the cells to develop an organ specifically from the person in need of the transplant. Once the organ is produced it can be transplanted without the need for immune suppressants since it was developed from the patient's own cells. The organ will not be rejected by the body. From the research I have done, there has been successful human transplants of the bladder, esophagus
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Introduction Human embryonic stem cells (hES cells) are currently discussed not only by the biologists by whom they were discovered but also by the medical profession, media, ethicists, governments and politicians. There are several reasons for this. On the one hand, these ‘super cells’ have a major clinical potential in tissue repair, with their proponents believing that they represent the future relief or cure of a wide range of common disabilities; replacement of defective cells in a patient by transplantation
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| | | Cancer Stem Cell Vaccine in Development Shows Antitumor Effect ScienceDaily (Apr. 2, 2012) — Scientists may have discovered a new paradigm for immunotherapy against cancer by priming antibodies and T cells with cancer stem cells, according to a study published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. "This is a major breakthrough in immunotherapy research because we were able to use purified cancer stem cells to generate a vaccine, which strengthened
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Stem Cell Research Stem cells have the extraordinary potential to reproduce into many different types of cells throughout the body. There are two types of stem cells: embryonic stem cells, which are derived from the early stage of embryos and adult stem cells that are found in various types of tissues. Someday, these stem cells may serve as a repair system for the human body. They could reconstruct cells and tissues as a means of therapy of a variety of diseases, including spinal cord injury
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Stem cells: What they are and what they do Researchers believe stem cells offer great promise for new medical treatments. Learn about stem cell types, current and possible uses, ethical issues and the state of research. By Mayo Clinic staff You've heard about stem cells in the news, and perhaps you've wondered if they might help you or a loved one with a serious disease. You may wonder what stem cells are, how they're being used to treat disease and injury, and why they're the subject of such
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scientists have now discovered one vital clue to unravel the riddle. Human genome is a collection of 4 million gene switches. Some reside in bits of DNA that once were discarded as ‘junk’ but that turns out to play critical role in controlling how cells, tissues and organs behave -- the junk DNA is often referred to as the ‘dark matter’ instead. As a result of a huge project involving 440 scientists from 32 laboratories around the world, the discovery is considered as a major medical
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The Potential of Stem Cells.... Stem cells have many current and potential uses. According the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the single most important application of stem cells is probably that of cell-based therapies (National Institutes of Health, 2012). The need for tissues and organs for transplant to repair or replace damaged tissues and organs far outweighs the availability. Stem Cells, directed to differentiate into specific cell types, provides the possibility of creating a renewable
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In this summary Rosen and Myerburg “analyze the basic science and translational strategies supporting the rapid advance of stem cell technology to the clinic.” Past Statistics There have been many advance in cardiovascular medicine throughout the past 5 decades During the past two decades, phase 2 and proof-of-concept have been used on thousands of patients These processes are mostly being used on patients that have tried other strategies and the other processes have failed regenerative therapy Target
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believing that it would not work and after they saw the first few test results they were on board with the plan.President Bush supported adult stem cell research and umbilical cord blood stem cell research. However, Bush opposed any new embryonic stem cell research, and had limited the federal funding of existing research. Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research was first approved under President Clinton on January 19, 1999,but no money was to be spent until the guidelines were published. The guidelines
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