Coaxing Embryonic Stem Cells

Douglas A. Melton, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, discusses current research on embryonic stem cells that could change the face of medicine. Significant progress has been made in producing stem cell lines that, for example, participate in the regeneration of damaged nervous tissue. Many human diseases, such as juvenile diabetes (type 1 diabetes), involve malfunctioning genes and environmental triggers. Researchers want to coax embryonic stem cells into becoming healthy insulin-producing cells. These cells might then be transplanted into people with diabetes to produce the insulin they lack. Researchers are also interested in producing stem cells that malfunction exactly like the diseased cells in order to understand fundamental aspects of the disease and also to test treatments.

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[ForexReviewsCentral]

great info thanks. 

[robert80taylor]

Dr. Hemangi of Noble continues: “These are early days and certainly all evidence that the combination of liberation and stem cell therapies working together at this point is anecdotal. However I am not aware of other medical facilities in the world that offer the synthesis of both to MS patients on an approved basis and it is indeed a rare opportunity for MS patients to take advantage of a treatment that is quite possibly unique in the world”. Log on to ccsviclinic. ca for more information.

[Vlaireice32989]

@916bigAl

I think it might be such because there exist other factors that could affect the progression of the disease, like he had said, environmental factors. (,")>

[Weeeooojr]

Some of them were kind of probably just for the t-shirt. I'm in middle school and new some of the answers to their quesiton :)

[nustylez]

these are high school students? how could the questions be terrible if their curiosity insists them on asking?

[rembrand006]

Some of the questions these people asked were just terrible. I wish I could have been there to talk to him after the lecture. He does a pretty good job of explaining some of the basics behind cloning in a way thats pretty understandable to one who knows little about the mechanisms involved.

[oran6es]

Play with your frogs, leave the humans alone. Microscopic cannibalism is not appealing. Stop trying to 'cheat'.

[Weeeooojr]

omg, so cool.

[andid]

Absolutely false. You are reading too many pro-lifers in sheep's clothing. Even if embryonic stem cells were far less efficient and far more dangerous than adult (the OPPOSITE is true), that would still be no reason to toss aside stem cells. You are creating a false dichotomy...Scientists intend to work on BOTH adult and embryonic stem cells, as always.

[916bigAl]

tell me then, how come we havent seen any parkinson pateints improve with adult stem cells?