• Question: do you know any stem cels that can treat diseases at the moment

    Asked by diggidog100 to Sharon on 25 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
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      Sharon Sneddon answered on 25 Mar 2010:

      Hi diggidog, well the most famous one is a bone marrow transplant for people with leukemia. Bone Marrow contains blood stem cells so it replaces the sick cells with new healthy ones.
      As for other types of stem cell therapies, only last week a little boy was given a new windpipe that was made from stem cells to help him breathe properly.
      A lot has to be done for other diseases but the future does look really promising!

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    Kiran commented on :

    There’s quite a lot of stem cell treatments in clinical trials for diseases too. Lots for cardiac disease (where they put the stem cells directly into diseased heart tissue) and also for some gastrointestinal diseases. Lets hope they work!