Stem Cell Research

[Barb]

November 21, 2007: In the News



In the news


Stem Cell Research Breakthrough

Researchers say they have successfully modified skin cells to mimic stem cells, which could lead to a method to ease the ethical debate over embryonic stem cell research. The technique involves a genetic recipe that would give ordinary skin cells the power to transform into virtually any kind of human tissue. Scientists behind these latest studies cautioned that the process remains too risky to apply to human disease therapies and such procedures are still many years away.

As Reported by Los Angeles Times

[kali]

theres alot of articles online about stem cell research, it has really caught my curiousity. do you think it might be something that might help people with sb in the future?

[lolathechecker]

yay stem cell research! i think it could eventually be used for sb, but thats all theoretical. stem cells are found inutero (inside the umbelical cord and the baby) and they are cells that will reproduce similar cells to those around them. i dont know how much they know about what stem cells do with nerve cells, but if they could be used to repair damaged nerve cells, then they could probably be used to repair some of the damage that spina bifida causes to the spinal cord. maybe to help the nerves leading to bladder and bowel functions and even the ones responsible for sensation in the lower portions of the body.

[kali]

sounds great! i HOPE THE RESEARCH WILL BE TAKING FURTHER! going to read up on this
thanks lolathechecker

[lolathechecker]

hey if you like science stuff, look at the link in my science geek thread. this guys finger got cut off and they made his body re-grow the finger with a nail and everything!:eek: its something they've developed using cells from a pigs bladder!

[kali]

oh my sounds really amazing, but a pigs bladder yuck! how in the world did the finger grow back? sounds neat will check it out
thanks, by the way I also like science stuff

[stub20]

thats great about the stem cell. There was a programme on TV in the uk about stem cell research, and it showed one wman who had MS, and the treatment was very successful. I hope that they can do things with SB in the future.

I heard about the pigs blood also, and they are now hoping that they can grow limbs back too, but I think thats a long way off yet.