Serving as a sort of repair system, they can theoretically divide without limit to
replenish other cells for as long as the person or animal is still alive.
In addition, they serve as a sort of internal repair system in many tissues, dividing essentially without limit to
replenish other cells.
Not exact matches
The MDS stem
cells were rare, sat at the top of a hierarchy of MDS
cells, could sustain themselves,
replenish the
other MDS
cells, and were the origin of all stable DNA changes and mutations that drove the progression of the disease.
Holstege says the
other remarkable finding was that the mutations within the blood
cells were harmless — all resulted from mistaken replication of DNA during van Andel - Schipper's life as the «mother» blood stem
cells multiplied to provide clones from which blood was repeatedly
replenished.
The team's findings may also be relevant to inflammatory disorders that affect
other parts of the body, such as the linings of the gut and bowel, which, like the skin, are
replenished by epithelial stem
cells.
This paradigm of harnessing
cells in nearby areas of damage to
replenish lost tissue is not just applicable to the heart; it may be useful in many
other organs in the body that have support
cells like fibroblasts.
The liver is the main storage site of fructose and because there is a limited capacity of stores within the liver, it's important to
replenish other glycogen stores within
other cells of the body, like in muscle
cells!
It is prescribed for edema in Germany and may be safer than
other remedies because it
replenishes potassium.910 Preliminary animal studies suggest that dandelion may help normalize blood sugar and fight inflammation.11 Dandelion root extract caused cancer
cells to destroy themselves in a Canadian lab study, which prompted a clinical study (the results of which are not yet available).12