Ultimately, we use all this information to establish innovative culture techniques for generating unlimited neural stem cell sources for the derivation of specific types of clinically relevant neuronal or glial cells, for their use in disease modelling and drug discovery platforms, and towards refining their efficacy for
future cell replacement - based therapy.
Not exact matches
For example, one of the goals of stem
cell research is to develop methods for the
replacement of damaged tissues in the
future.
The
future is bright for the field, Carden believes, and the day will arrive when a patient's own
cells will be used with the printing technique to create new
replacement organs.
«For the broad application of stem
cell - derived pituitary
cells in the
future,
cell replacement therapy may need to be customized to the specific needs of a given patient population,» Zimmer says.
It also supports our belief that in the
future, one might be able to use this approach for
replacement of
cells lost or malfunctioning due to other more common diseases of the retina,» said lead study author
cell biologist Jason Meyer, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology in the School of Science at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis.
Understanding how heart muscle
cells, or cardiomyocytes, change in space improves efforts for studying disease, screening drugs and conducting
cell replacement therapy for
future space missions.
A delay or misdiagnosis of these types of fractures can result in paraplegia or quadriplegia; the need for bone grafts, pins or screws to stabilize the bone; joint
replacement in the
future; or avascular necrosis, a serious condition in which bone
cells die prematurely due to an interruption in blood supply.