Induced pluripotent stem cell

Stem cell research has been a topic of interest since 1956. In that year, the first bone marrow transplant was performed by Dr. E Donnall Thomas in the state of New York. The patient had received radiotherapy and then received a bone marrow transplant from an identical twin that then cured the patient’s leukemia. Four years later, Researchers had made extreme advancements in the discovery of bone marrow and its contents. They found there is at least two kinds of stem cells that are present in…

Stem cell research is one of the most highly disputed topics today in terms of medical ethics. In a nutshell, stem cells are cells that have the ability to divide for indefinite periods in culture and to give rise to specialized cells. Because of this function, scientists and doctors are inspired to control them and grow them for a multitude of different causes. The main types of stem cell research that are focused on today are adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem…

When multi-cellular organisms develop, cells must differentiate to form specialised cells, which have a diverse range of functions, these then give the organism the necessary assistance to survive and eventually live. A stem cell is a cell which is undifferentiated and not yet specialised, although it has to capability to form or configure itself into any other type of cell. Fertilised embryos are called zygotes which then produce pluripotent embryonic stem cells, a prerequisite to the survival…

deep discussion about stem cells he must understand some of the key terms involved in stem cell research. The first term is totipotent. Totipotent cells are the cells of the zygote. These cells are able to develop into any type of cell inside or outside the body. An example of cells that are considered outside the body is the placenta. The ability for totipotent cells to develop into cells outside the body is what separates it from pluripotent cells. Pluripotent cells also have the ability…

Stem Cells Stem Cells are an unspecialized type of cell that can change into many different types of cells in early stages of life. In certain tissues these cells act as a type of internal repair system, which divide with almost no limit and repair and replace old or replenish other cells if the person or animal is alive. When stem cells divide they have the chance to become a different type of cell with a more specialized function or stay a stem cell¹. Stem cells are important because they can…

Shinya Yamanaka A cell is the basic structural, functional, and biological unit of all known living organism. In other word all of our organs, and tissues our made of cells. Cell can be mature or specialize for a specific function this mean cells from your organs is not the same as cells form your tissues. In the search of new ways to counter diseases we are facing scientist have found ways to extract special cells and used them to cure diseases. This type of cells are called stem cells, they…

hormones. Androgens such as oxymetholone can increase red blood cell counts(Dokal et al., 2011; Khincha et al., 2014). Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) can also be used to help increase the production of certain white blood cells (neutrophils)(Dokal et al., 2011). These treatments are only temporary, however(Dokal et al., 2011; Khincha et al., 2014). Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation can cure or ameliorate some of…

Stem cells are characterized by the ability to replicate themselves limitlessly. After being created, these identical copies can remain undifferentiated for a long period of time. When receiving specific signals from internal and external environments, they transform themselves to a particular type of cell in the body with specialized functions and features. Therefore, they act as an essential system for tissue repair and growth (National Institutes of Health, 2009). Based on their origins, stem…

diseases, with the use of stem cell…

this planet is made of cells of all different types, but before these cells become what they need to be, they start off as stem cells. A stem cell is an unspecialized cell as well as a cell that can be induced into becoming something else. (Health, Stem Cell Basics, 2016) There are two different types of stem cells, although Embryonic stem cells are the ones most commonly heard about, adult stem cells are also cells that can be worked with. Original research in stem cells began in mice in the…