Stem Cell Therapy Research Paper

How stem cell therapy works

Stem cell therapy is the use of stem cells in order to treat or prevent a disease. To understand stem cell treatment, one would need to understand what stem cells are. Stem cells are essentially cells that have the potential to be any kind of cell in the human body. They can be used in the heart, brain, bones, muscles, etc. to treat a wide range of diseases.

These cells have the potential to cure diseases such as heart disease or diabetes, but we are still not fully understanding of stem cells in order to do so. Adult stem cells are found in many organs and tissues throughout the body in order to replace old / dying cells, but are not in abundance. The primary function of an adult stem cell is to repair and maintain the tissue it is residing at. These type of cells are already assigned their own organ, but can still potentially be used for something greater in the medical field

These are the type of cells that are found in embryos that develop from fertilized eggs. These, however, are not derived from a fertilized cell inside a womans body. Embryonic cells are more difficult to work with than Adult stem cells, as they cannot be clumped up together. They must be monitored very carefully under appropriate conditions in order to remain as unassigned cells due to the fact that if clumped up, they begin to differentiate spontaneously. They can randomly turn into muscle cells, nerve cells, or any type of other cell. In order to make specific cells like heart muscle cells or blood cells, scientists must try to control the differentiation of these cells. Heart disease, traumatic spinal injury, diabetes, vision and hearing loss are all potentially curable if scientists are able to find a way to fully control these embryonic cells. Mice injected with embryonic cells have shown recovery from damage to the heart, so they may one day be utilized over other ineffective