subject: A Significant Breakthrough For Health Related Technology: Utilizing Stem Cells To Successfully Treat [print this page] Stem cells are well-known as the repair system of the body, present in multi-cellular organisms. These cells can change into any other cell that is essential to the body, during an illness or if a disease takes place. They continue to work till the time the organism is alive.
Stem cells are in a blank state at birth, which makes it possible for them to change and shape themselves like another cell or tissue that is required.
When each stem cell divides to produce a daughter cell, the new cell has the option of either remaining a stem cell or changing into a more specialized one such as a muscle or red blood cell.
These cells are unique as compared to the other cells in the body as they can develop into any other type of cell that is required by the organism. The adult cells that are present in the body are known as being able to heal and repair any part if injured.
The type of diseases that cells are known to be able to cure are degenerative genetic disorders that include Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, heart disease and multiple sclerosis. Most of these diseases are genetic in nature, thus, you will find these present in some family members. They affect a person's movement, action, balance, heart, and speech. At times, drinking alcohol and presence of other illnesses can make these genetic disorders manifest earlier than is normal.
Its basic function of treating a great number of diseases is carried out by the fact that it transforms into another tissue and can be transplanted to another individual. For instance, these stem cells may become new and healthy brain cells in the brain of an individual who has Alzheimer's disease, thus improving his or her condition greatly.
Another condition for which stem cells seem to play an important role for improvement is that of spinal cord injuries. A type of stem cells called embryotic stem cells, which are considered to be the most effective when it comes to treating and curing such conditions. However, as they are made out of a human embryo, and involve its destruction, it is also considered to be greatly unethical and against moral value for people.
