2007-02-19 16:12:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Alzheimer's Disease, Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Spinal Cord Injuries, Parkinson's Disease, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Blindness or Immune Deficiencies are some of the innumerable diseases which can be cured with Stem cells from umbilical cord.
Stem cells are called "totipotent". That means stem cells can change to any type of cell in the body.
Damaged liver,kidney,brain and any tissue or organ can be treated by stem cell therapy.
That`s why they are called miracle cells.
2007-02-19 16:46:54 · answer #1 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alzheimer's Disease, Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Spinal Cord Injuries, Parkinson's Disease, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Blindness or Immune Deficiencies are some of the innumerable diseases which can be cured with Stem cells from umbilical cord.
Stem cells are called "totipotent". That means stem cells can change to any type of cell in the body.
Damaged liver,kidney,brain and any tissue or organ can be treated by stem cell therapy.
That`s why they are called miracle cells.
They seem to be multipotent cells, bordering on pluripotentcy depending on who you ask. However, this has yet to be proven and the therapeutic value of these cells remains to be demonstrated (HSCs in the umbilical cord blood are not the stems cells in question here). Regardless, the press has blown way out of proportion what exactly these cells have been shown to do experimentally, and many groups have thrown out baseless statements such as they can cure alzheimers disease and autism, both unlikely candidates for cell therapy.
Because they are cells that have not decided what they will be (undifferentiated). They are very similar to embryonic stem cells and although I have heard that researchers do not consider them as useful as embryonic stem cells I have yet to hear why.
The miracle part probably means they are available without destroying an embryo
2007-02-21 06:25:24 · answer #2 · answered by EARTHMATE . 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They seem to be multipotent cells, bordering on pluripotentcy depending on who you ask. However, this has yet to be proven and the therapeutic value of these cells remains to be demonstrated (HSCs in the umbilical cord blood are not the stems cells in question here). Regardless, the press has blown way out of proportion what exactly these cells have been shown to do experimentally, and many groups have thrown out baseless statements such as they can cure alzheimers disease and autism, both unlikely candidates for cell therapy.
2007-02-20 02:14:13 · answer #3 · answered by rgomezam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are cells that have not decided what they will be (undifferentiated). They are very similar to embryonic stem cells and although I have heard that researchers do not consider them as useful as embryonic stem cells I have yet to hear why.
The miracle part probably means they are available without destroying an embryo.
2007-02-20 00:46:51 · answer #4 · answered by Bullfrog21 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because those are undifferentiated cells, that can turn into and create ANY organ if coaxed in the right direction and allowed to multiply.
2007-02-20 00:20:58 · answer #5 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because it is the cell by which many diseases cured.umbelical cord is stored for the treatment of diseases.
2007-02-20 05:07:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they do miracles like creating anything that belongs to a person 4m whom they have taken
2007-02-21 05:05:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they can be saved and used later to cure debilitating and fatal diseases in the child or family members.
2007-02-20 00:20:54 · answer #8 · answered by pandora078 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋