Future Perspectives In

Stem Cell Research And

Regenerative Medicine
 Further development and versatility of stem cells may cause reduction of
treatment costs for people suffering from currently incurable diseases.

When facing certain organ failure, instead of undergoing extraordinarily

expensive drug treatment

• The patient would be able to utilize stem cell therapy.

• The effect of a successful operation would be immediate
The patient would avoid chronic pharmacological treatment and its inevitable
side effects

• Although the challenges facing stem cell science can be overwhelming

• The field is making great advances each day

• Their impact on future medicine appears to be significant

The efficiency of stem cell-directed differentiation must be improved
 One of the biggest implications of stem cells in the future of medicine is the
ability to regenerate damaged tissue.

To make stem cells more reliable and trustworthy for a regular patient
• Transplanting new, fully functional organs made by stem cell therapy would
require the creation of millions of working and biologically accurate
cooperating cells.

 Bringing such complicated procedures into general, widespread regenerative

medicine will require interdisciplinary and international collaboration.
 We know that injecting stem cells into damaged tissue can stimulate the body’s
natural healing process.

However, more research still needs to be done to fine-tune the current stem cell
therapy procedures.

Using stem cells means there would be no need for skin grafting or a chance of
organ rejection.

• This has further implications with the possibility of regrading limbs of

people who have experienced horrible accidents or who were born with
defects
 Another important implication of stem cells in the future is the ability to treat
cancer.

• While there are certain treatments that currently exist for those who have
cancer, such as chemotherapy and radiation, these can make the patient very
ill.

 It can be extremely difficult for physicians to find the right balance of

treatments that are strong enough to eliminate cancer, but that does not kill too
many of the patient’s healthy cells.
 Stem cell therapy may eventually be honed in on enough to create custom
treatments for cancer patients
 which replace diseased cells with stem cells, thus eliminating the need
for such harsh treatments.
 Stem cells have offered much hope by promising to greatly extend the numbers
and range of patients who could benefit from transplants
 To provide cell replacement therapy to treat debilitating diseases such as
diabetes, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease.
The issue of stem cell research is politically charged, prompting biologists to
begin engaging in ethical debates, and generating in the general public an
unusually high level of interest in this aspect of biology.

 But there is a long way to go in basic research before new therapies will be
established, and now the pressure is on for scientists and clinicians to
deliver

• While stem cells have been a hot topic of conversation over the last
few years
There is still much to be investigated in the future to understand of their
implications.

 We know that stem cells have the ability to differentiate into various kinds of
cells in the body. We also know this means in the future may be able to treat
conditions we once thought untreatable.

• However, every day that passes, it seems more and more research is being
conducted on stem cells, and thus, we find more potential implications for stem
cell use in the future.
The ability of stem cells to differentiate into cells needed by the brain and spinal
cord could make a world of difference for those suffering from paralysis or
degenerative neurological diseases.

• For example, patients suffering from genetic and chronic diseases such as
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, and Huntington’s disease could find
that stem cells have the ability to pause or even reverse the damage done by the
diseases.
 In addition, as more research is being done on stem cell therapy, there is hope
technology will advance to the point that this form of therapy is covered by
medical insurance, and available to all people.

 A number of issues will be important for the advancement of regenerative

medicine as a field.

• First, stem cells, whether isolated from adult tissue or induced, will often
require tight control over their behavior to increase their safety profile and
efficacy after transplantation.
• The creation of microenvironments, often modeled on various stem cell niches
that provide specific cues, including morphogens and physical properties

• Second, the creation of large engineered replacement tissues will require

technologies that enable fully vascularized grafts to be anastomosed with host
vessels at the time of transplant, allowing for graft survival

• Thirdly, creating a proregeneration environment within the patient may

dramatically improve outcomes of regenerative medicine strategies in general
• Providing evidence-based education to both clinicians and their patients may
help combat unethical and dangerous practices surrounding stem cell tourism.

• There is an urgent need to assess physician competence in counselling patients

regarding the safety and efficacy of these treatments.

• Currently, the number of patients who approach their physicians to inquire about
such therapies is unknown.

• There is a need to create unified, evidence-based guidelines to help standardize

provider education.
 FUTURE APPLICATION
 Stem cells may one day help scientists to regenerate cells lost in diseases like
 Repair heart muscle after a heart attack
 Pancreases cells lost c in diabetes
 Neurons lost in Alzheimer's
 Retinal cells causing blindness
 understand the cells growths of Cancers
 help organ transplantation
 CONCLUSION
 stem cell therapy is becoming a magnificent game changer for medicine.
The capabilities of stem cells are growing, although there are still many
obstacles to overcome.

 Regardless, the influence of stem cells in regenerative medicine and

transplantology is immense.

 Currently, untreatable neurodegenerative diseases have the possibility of

becoming treatable with stem cell therapy.
 Tissue banks are becoming increasingly popular, as they gather cells that are
the source of regenerative medicine in a struggle against present and future
diseases.

With stem cell therapy and all its regenerative benefits, we are better able to
prolong human life than at any time in history

As stem cells become more researched, and technology advances, there is hope
that one-day stem cell therapy will be an affordable and effective treatment for
those suffering from various conditions.