Monday, March 31, 2008
Introduction
What is Stem Cell? Aims and Objectives of this web site. A-Z of stem cell.
Surveys
The survey findings and implications. What does the future holds for us.
Impacts
The impacts of stem cell on science, human, social, economic and political front
References and Links
Other useful links and web sites online
Interviews
Interviews with prominent scientists including Nobel Laureate Professor Paul Berg
Site Map
This web site is best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0+.Under screen resolution 1024 x 768 .Stem Cells- Everything you need to know by DMND
Presently, adult stem cells from bone marrow are already being used to treat many blood disorders such as leukemia and lymphoma. The first experiment with embryonic stem cell only began in 1988. Research in stem cells give us great insight in the following:
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- Help us to understand the complicated processes that occur during human development
- New modalities of therapies may be found for many diseases such as cancer and birth defects that involved abnormal cell division and differentiation.
- Testing of new drugs. New cancer drugs can be used on cancer cell lines while specific new drugs can be tested for its safety on different cell types from pluripotent cell lines.
- Generation of well differentiated cells and tissues for cell based therapies.It can potentially provide a renewable source of replacement cells and tissues to treat many diseases such as :
- Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, Cell replacement for skin loss and cartilage, Spinal cord injury, stroke, heart disease, diabetes (insulin producing cells)
- Osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis
In fact, the scientist Mr Robert Zweigerdt we interviewed have managed to derive heart muscle cells from embryonic stem cell
Video Courtesy of Dr Robert Zweigerdt
Stem cell in action
