STEM CELL

THERAPY
 WHAT IS A STEM CELL?

Stem cells are mother cells that have the potential to

become any type of cell in the body.

“Master Cells”
 PROPERTIES OF STEM CELLS

The classical definition of a stem cell requires that

it possess two properties:

Self-renewal Potency
 TYPES OF STEM CELLS

• Pluripotent Stem Cells (PS cells)

These possess the capacity to divide for long periods and
retain their ability to make all cell types within the
organism.
Embryonic Stem Cells

• Fetal stem cells

These are obtained from tissues of a developing human
fetus.

• Adult stem cells

These are obtained from some tissues of the adult body.
STEM CELL
THERAPY
Stem-cell therapy is the use of stem cells to treat or
prevent a disease or condition.

Research is underway to
develop various sources
for stem cells, and to
apply stem-cell
treatments
for neurodegenerative
diseases and
conditions, diabetes,
heart disease, and other
conditions.
HOW STEM CELL
THERAPY WORKS
When stem cells are transplanted into the body and
arrive into the injured part, the stem cells are
coming in contact with growth chemicals in the
body. These chemicals program the stem cells to
differentiate into the tissue surrounding it.
Diseases and conditions where stem cell treatment is promising or emerging.
 Heart
Stem-cell therapy for
Brain and spinal cord treatment of myocardial
injury infarction usually makes use of
Stem cells were autologous bone-marrow
injected into the stem cells, however other
brains of stroke types of adult stem cells may
patients. be used.

Baldness
Blood-cell formation Some researchers predict
Fully mature these follicle stem cells may
human red blood lead to successes in
cells may be treating baldness through
generated activation of progenitor
stem cells.
 Missing teeth Deafness
Researchers are Heller has reported
confident that the tooth success in re-growing
regeneration technology cochlea hair cells with
can be used to grow live the use of embryonic
teeth in human patients
stem cells.

Blindness and vision

impairment
Diabetes
Since 2003, researchers In recent experiments,
have successfully scientists have been
transplanted corneal able to coax embryonic
stem cells into damaged stem cell to turn into
eyes to restore vision. beta cells in the lab.
 Orthopaedics
Wound healing Clinical case reports in the
Stem cells can also be
treatment orthopaedic con
used to stimulate the
ditions have been
growth of human
tissues reported. Healthy cartilage
tissue is taken and
chondrocytes are isolated.

Infertility
Culture of human embryonic stem
cells in mitotically inactivated porcine
ovarian fibroblasts causes
differentiation into germ cells as
evidenced by gene expression analysis.
 ETHICAL ISSUES

It is morally impermissible to intentionally kill innocent human beings; the human

embryo is an innocent human being; therefore it is morally impermissible to
intentionally kill the human embryo. To show that researchers who use but do not
derive in an immoral activity, one would further need to establish their complicity
in the destruction of embryos.
When does a human being begin to exist?
The moral status of human embryos
Some accept that the human embryo is a human being but argue that the
human embryo does not have the moral status requisite for a right to life.

The case of “doomed embryos”

storing donating discarding

 Camot, Arriane Jade
Francisco, Alejandra Faye
Latiza, Lance Dominic
Nemenzo, Mary Anne
See, Jasper
Valle, Paulene Nicole

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