In theory, embryonic stem cells could replace any damaged or diseased tissue, curing diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and diabetes.
Biological organisms have very powerful protection systems that prevent, repair and remove DNA damage, replace damaged cells and tissues, cure infections and endeavour to restore health.
What will we do when other nations begin growing tissue to cure Parkinson's disease or heart failure?
We hypothesized that reimplantation of functioning thyroid tissue could cure these patients by decreasing their need for exogenous thyroxine.
Due to shortage of donor tissue a cure for type 1 diabetes by pancreas organ or islet transplantation is an option only for very few patients.
Scientists prize such cells because they have the potential to turn into any of the body's 220 cell types, raising the possibility that they could ultimately be used to regenerate damaged tissues and cure a wide range of degenerative diseases.
Additional information on the tensile properties of pericardium tissue, adhesive curing rate, molecular weight between cross-links, adhesion data, and UV vis data.
Stem cells have the ability to grow into any of the body's more than 200 cell types, and scientists hope to use them to create replacement tissue that might cure many ailments, including spinal cord injury, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and damaged heart tissue.
On the other hand, cloning could prove medically useful for couples worried about passing on genetic diseases, infertile individuals who could not have a biologically related child any other way or parents needing a compatible tissue donor to cure a sick child.
KTB: Susan G. Komen for the Cure Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center.
