However, the ways in which the different
types of stem cells came to be accepted into the stem cell family is itself an interesting story, and one that can help paint a useful bigger picture.
However, the ways in which the different
types of stem cells came to be accepted into the stem cell family is itself an interesting story, and one that can help paint a useful bigger picture, and that is why this story will be the focus for this blog post to celebrate International Stem Cell Awareness Day.
Not exact matches
Bioengineers at the University
of California, San Diego have proven that when it
comes to guiding
stem cells into a specific
cell type, the stiffness
of the extracellular matrix used to culture them really does matter.
Now, with new kinds
of technologies that are
coming up, new
types of tissue engineering and, you know, some
of the hopes that people have for
stem cells and [the] like, it may be interesting to see if there are other ways, alternatives to dealing with really badly damaged hearts that would involve growing a new heart or replacing or repairing the damage d to a badly damaged heart that might make artificial hearts less important in the somewhat more distant future.
The bottom line, says Daley, is that research on both
types of stem cells must continue, because it's too early to predict where the safest and most effective
cell - based therapies will
come from.
Patients receive one
of two
types of stem cell - based transplants: autologous, in which a patient donates and receives back his / her own
stem cells; or allogeneic, in which bone marrow - derived
stem cells come from a related or unrelated donor whose human leukocyte antigens (HLA) are genetically matched with those
of a patient.
In humans, there are many different
types of stem cells that
come from different places in the body or are formed at different times in our lives.