Adult stem cells more promising than Embryonic stem cells
Adult stem cells PROVED to be much more promising for medical treatment than embryonic stem cells. The use of adult stem cells poses no ethical difficulties and has already contributed to advancing treatments for degenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s.
The technique for producing iPSC cells has allowed something to happen that was unthinkable in the field of cellular biology: to convert differentiated adult stem cells into immature, undifferentiated cells of an embryonic type.”
Adult stem cells outweigh embryonic stem cells in three ways, “The first is in the area of ethics, as iPSC cells are not obtained through the destruction of human embryos (as is the case with embryonic cells.)” “With the development of iPSC cells, the ethical debate that has raged in public opinion, parliaments and the scientific community can now be considered closed,”.
The second aspect “has to do with therapeutic applications: iPSC cells have the great advantage of having been obtained from cells taken directly from the patient. This means that when they are injected they are compatible with the patient’s own immune system, and thus they are perfectly accepted,” as has been shown in cases involving stem cells taken from the umbilical cord.
The third aspect is that “iPSC cells allow for the creation of pathological models,”
IPSC cells have been made from the cells of patients who carry the mutated genes that cause sclerosis, Parkinson’s, diabetes and other diseases, resulting in significant advances especially “in pharmacology to promote respect for life and the new methods in the field of stem cell research and treatment.
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The technology is improving fast and it would not take long before the above statement comes true.This breakthrough in adult stem cell treatment will go a long way in saving many a lives throughout the world.