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Adult Stem Cells
Adult stem cell from a patient's own bone marrow can
be expanded and then used in the same patient to target diseases
of the central nervous system, the bones, cartilage and many other
tissues. In some diseases, the stem cells do not need to be gene
engineered because the cells are part of the body's natural repair
system.
Stem cells are named because they are like the stems of a plant that
can produce new leaves and flowers each year. Each stem cell has
the remarkable property that allows it to divide and produce a perfect
copy of itself together with a second cell that can become a workhorse
cell of the body such as a bone or nerve cell.
Mesenchymal stem cells may provide therapies for a variety of common
diseases including osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's,
spinal cord injury, stroke, cardiac diseases, and pulmonary diseases.
Related research:
Bruce Bunnell, PhD
Yan Cui, PhD
Wei-Ming Duan, PhD
Donald Phinney, PhD
Radhika Pochampally, PhD
Guoshun Wang, DVM
Li-Ru Zhao, PhD
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