What are Stem Cell’s?
• For Somatic stem cells, you can transfer a liver cell to another person’s liver to help grow. But you can’t transfer a liver cell to a muscle because it is already purposed for a different organ. It’s not like an embryonic stem cell.
• An embryonic stem cell can be grown in to anything. But an adult stem cell is specialized in a certain organ
• Adult stem cells remain un-dividing until they are needed to maintain muscle tissue, diseases, or tissue injuries.
Current Research – Treatments using Stem Cells
• Using these cells diseases like leukemia can be treated.
• Leukemia is when cells called leukocytes don't grow and function properly. These cells become cancerous and are futile to fighting off infections. They also interfere with other organ functions.
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• Because the PBSC’s are obtained from the bloodstream, a less invasive procedure is needed to get the stem cells.
• Potential treatments for stem cells if they are manipulated include: producing insulin for type 1 diabetes, repairing a damaged heart after a heart attack using cardiac muscle cells.
• Stem cells from umbilical cords have the same functions of PBSC’s and stem cells from bone marrow. The umbilical stem cells have not developed a well-functioning immune system so it won’t attack the recipients body. Also, the stem cells from the cords haven’t developed features for the recipient’s immune system to attack the adult stem cells.
• Adult cells cans be used to replace neurons damaged by a spinal cord injury, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s, or other neural problems.
• Transplantation for Hematopoietic Stem Cells is hard and stressful. Many of the HSC’s die before they are able to establish themselves in the patient’s bone
• For Somatic stem cells, you can transfer a liver cell to another person’s liver to help grow. But you can’t transfer a liver cell to a muscle because it is already purposed for a different organ. It’s not like an embryonic stem cell.
• An embryonic stem cell can be grown in to anything. But an adult stem cell is specialized in a certain organ
• Adult stem cells remain un-dividing until they are needed to maintain muscle tissue, diseases, or tissue injuries.
Current Research – Treatments using Stem Cells
• Using these cells diseases like leukemia can be treated.
• Leukemia is when cells called leukocytes don't grow and function properly. These cells become cancerous and are futile to fighting off infections. They also interfere with other organ functions.
• …show more content…
• Because the PBSC’s are obtained from the bloodstream, a less invasive procedure is needed to get the stem cells.
• Potential treatments for stem cells if they are manipulated include: producing insulin for type 1 diabetes, repairing a damaged heart after a heart attack using cardiac muscle cells.
• Stem cells from umbilical cords have the same functions of PBSC’s and stem cells from bone marrow. The umbilical stem cells have not developed a well-functioning immune system so it won’t attack the recipients body. Also, the stem cells from the cords haven’t developed features for the recipient’s immune system to attack the adult stem cells.
• Adult cells cans be used to replace neurons damaged by a spinal cord injury, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s, or other neural problems.
• Transplantation for Hematopoietic Stem Cells is hard and stressful. Many of the HSC’s die before they are able to establish themselves in the patient’s bone