STEM CELLS
Stem cells are very homogenous due to the fact that they are of the same family type or lineage characteristically speaking. They are differentiated from other cells by two features. The first feature is that they are able to divide by cell division and the second feature is that under specific experimental conditions they can be directed to become tissue cells with certain functions.
Stem cells are able to transform or regenerate themselves growing into the body’s approximately 200 different cell types. Most of the time stem cells would regenerate into the specific cell of the tissue the stem cell is situated although they are still able to take the form of any type of cell. This occurs only under specific conditions. Stem cells …show more content…
There has also been new found evidence by scientists that there are stem cells within the brain and heart. Stem cells were not expected to be situated within these two areas. An example of how this may be done would be that they create healthy heart muscle cells using stem cells within the laboratory and then transplant them within the patient that has a heart …show more content…
Human induced pluripotent stem cells were developed a year later in 2007. Scientists are optimistic about these stem cells and they are now being used within drug development and there is a possibility these will be used in transplantation medicine.
HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL
A hematopoietic stem cell is a blood-forming cell within bone marrow. This type of stem cell is unable to differentiate into cells of a tissue that is very different to its tissue of origin such as nerve cells within the brain. Hematopoietic stem cells differentiate into all blood cell types. These types of stem cells have also been utilised within transplants for over 40
Stem cells are very homogenous due to the fact that they are of the same family type or lineage characteristically speaking. They are differentiated from other cells by two features. The first feature is that they are able to divide by cell division and the second feature is that under specific experimental conditions they can be directed to become tissue cells with certain functions.
Stem cells are able to transform or regenerate themselves growing into the body’s approximately 200 different cell types. Most of the time stem cells would regenerate into the specific cell of the tissue the stem cell is situated although they are still able to take the form of any type of cell. This occurs only under specific conditions. Stem cells …show more content…
There has also been new found evidence by scientists that there are stem cells within the brain and heart. Stem cells were not expected to be situated within these two areas. An example of how this may be done would be that they create healthy heart muscle cells using stem cells within the laboratory and then transplant them within the patient that has a heart …show more content…
Human induced pluripotent stem cells were developed a year later in 2007. Scientists are optimistic about these stem cells and they are now being used within drug development and there is a possibility these will be used in transplantation medicine.
HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL
A hematopoietic stem cell is a blood-forming cell within bone marrow. This type of stem cell is unable to differentiate into cells of a tissue that is very different to its tissue of origin such as nerve cells within the brain. Hematopoietic stem cells differentiate into all blood cell types. These types of stem cells have also been utilised within transplants for over 40