STEM CELL THERAPY: A REVIEW
Keywords:
Embryonic stem cells, Adult stem cells, Perinatal stem cells, Regenerative medicine, Therapeutic cloning.Abstract
Stem cells offer great promise for new medical treatments. Stem cell therapy is also known as regenerative medicine. Stem cells are the body's raw materials — cells from which all other cells with specialized functions are generated. Under the right conditions in the body or a laboratory, stem cells divide to form more cells called daughter cells. These daughter cells become either new stem cells or specialized cells (differentiation) with a more specific function, such as blood cells, brain cells, heart muscle cells or bone cells. No other cell in the body has the natural ability to generate new cell types. There are several sources of stem cells like: Embryonic stem cells, Adult stem cells, perinatal stem cells etc. Therapeutic cloning, also called somatic cell nuclear transfer, is a technique to create versatile stem cells independent of fertilized eggs.
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