Stem Cell Uses
Regenerative medicine is an area of research that shows great promise in treating or curing diseases and conditions, which currently have limited to no treatment options, such as blindness, deafness, bone and cartilage repair, neurodegeneration, diabetes, and heart disease. While science is still a long way from regrowing new limbs or organs, today stem cell research and its applications in regenerative medicine offer an opportunity to develop the first generation of therapeutics to do what has not before seemed possible.
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
This area of research shows great promise with the potential to restore all the cells in the body to health.
Unlike embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) have the potential to be made from any adult cell, like a skin cell, and differentiate into any cell type. Furthermore, the creation of iPS cells does not rely on embryos. iPS cells are considered to be the best means to create personalized cells for regenerative medicine because the resulting cells are compatible with the person’s immune system.
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