also what is icm cells?
2007-01-29 12:26:18 · 6 answers · asked by major 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
There's a lot of uses. Stem cells are basically "blank cells". They are just cells that haven't formed into anything particular yet (liver tissue, muscle tissue, blood cells, heart cells, etc).
The biggest use for stem cells is to repair muscle and organ damage in humans. Stem cells can be extracted (normally from a fetus, hence the moral/ethical issues) and injected into the person where needed and those stem cells will form into the cells that they are surrounded by. For example, if part of someone's heart is damaged due to heart disease, they can receive a stem cell implant that will replace/repair those cells and treat or even cure the person's heart disease.
ICM (Inner Cell Mass) cells are the cells inside the primordial embryo (unborn baby) that will eventually become the definitive structures of the fetus (each bone, cell, etc).
Try the website below to learn all about what stem cells are, what they are used for, as well as BOTH SIDES of the moral and ethical issues surrounding stem cell research.
2007-01-29 12:33:57 · answer #1 · answered by chica_zarca 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I heard that stem cells may be the key to helping people out with alzheimer's disease. Stem cells are cells that haven't been " programed" to doing a certain function so researchers are hoping to make them into nerve cells and put them in Alzheimer's patients. These new nerve cells are supposed to help provide better communication from brain to body. They can be used to also replace other parts of the body.
2007-01-29 12:34:45 · answer #2 · answered by oldegolde2004 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientists have been researching stem cells and found out it gets rid of Parkinson's but cancer starts to occur. They're still trying to find a way to get rid of Parkinson's without the occurance of cancer.
2007-01-29 14:27:06 · answer #3 · answered by Saby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stem cells can be used to grow any other type of cells. They are used for treatment thalssemia, bone cancer may be useful in AIDS too.
Pl visit the link for mmore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell
2007-01-29 12:39:19 · answer #4 · answered by poke_a_man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bro in law had leukemia
the chemo etc killed the bad stuff
stem cell transplant replaced the bad stuff with good stuff
hes all better than ever
2007-01-29 12:36:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask my dad.
2007-01-29 12:37:30 · answer #6 · answered by grshen80 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋