What diseases can be cured by using stem cells?
A. The most promising use of stem cells is due to their ability to be modified into different functional adult cell types and serve as a potential source of replacement cells to treat numerous diseases. Thus, any disease in which there is tissue degeneration can theoretically be a potential candidate for stem cell therapies, including conditions and disabilities as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease, Type 1 diabetes, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, muscular dystrophies and liver diseases. In addition, retinal regeneration with stem cells isolated from the eyes may lead to a possible cure for damaged or diseased eyes and may one day help reverse blindness. Hair stem cells have also been isolated and may help people with hair loss by allowing hair cell regeneration. However, we are still years away from any clinical trial of these potential applications of stem cells. Embryonic stem cells, which can form all types of functional ad
The most promising use of stem cells is due to their ability to be modified into different functional adult cell types and serve as a potential source of replacement cells to treat numerous diseases. Thus, any disease in which there is tissue degeneration can be a potential candidate for stem cell therapies, including conditions and disabilities as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease, Type 1 diabetes, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, muscular dystrophies and liver diseases.
