High Prevalence of Chronic Disorders and R&D in Stem Cells to Augment Growth of Stem Cells Market
Stem cells are basically cells with the capacity to turn into different kinds of cells. These cells are used in the manufacture of blood, skin, heart, lungs, pancreas and a variety of other organs. They play an important role in organ transplants, tissue engineering and in the therapy of Parkinson's disease. In fact, stem cells harvested from the adult marrow have already helped treat some of these diseases. Scientists have succeeded in transplanting adult stem cells from the anogenital area of the male reproductive organ to patients with chronic diseases like Parkinson's disease, a disease that affects both the nervous and the cardiac systems. This procedure has proven to be very effective in treating the disease since it stimulates the production of the living cells in the diseased area. Since adult stem cells could help treat Parkinson's disease, the researchers tested their idea in animals and succeeded. Stem cells from the adult bone marrow have ...