Stem Cells: Their Role in The Human Body

Stem cells are cells of the body extracted from 4 different sources. They can be extracted from embryonic tissues, adult tissues, fetal tissues, and somatic cells.

After being,g harvested, stem cells,s are later transplanted into damaged tissue in the body after surgical procedures. If a patient doesn't have the required stem cells, a donor may have their stem cells extracted and used on the patient.

In the human body, stem cells play a vital role once they are incorporated. Below are some of the roles they do;

 

Help to Understand How Diseases Occur.

Stem cells are vital in understanding how various ailments occur and how they affect the body. This process is achieved when researchers grow the stem cells in various body tissues and organs.

Researchers later analyze and watch how stem cells grow and behave under different environments to understand what may bring about diseases. As they observe, they also take data which will be used to figure out how diseases occur, such as cancer.

 

Helps To Know Stem Cells Can Replace Damaged Cells

Many researchers are conducting experiments on how stem cells can become different cells. After the stem cells become different cells, they can be used to treat specific diseases and be incorporated into specific tissues and organs with the aim of enhancing treatment.

A good example is that stem cells will one day be used to treat burns by completely replacing the human skin. Stem cells also play a pivotal role in cell regeneration, which is vital in enhancing recovery rates and boosting the immune system in chronically ill patients.

 

Help In Testing Out New Medicines.

Stem cells are used to understand which new medicines cure certain diseases once incorporated into the body. Before a drug is used for clinical trials, it must first be tested using specific stem cells for the researchers to understand its effects before giving it for tryouts.

 

Help In Tissue Regeneration.

Stem cells in the body also play a huge role in tissue regeneration. Researchers have found that stem cells that have been incorporated into the body give out growth factors essential in tissue regeneration.

Once a tissue has been regenerated, the healing process is accelerated and enhanced as a patient will be healthy. In conclusion, stem cells play an important role in understanding how various medications in the body may work and, at the same time, enhance tissue regeneration to facilitate healing.

 

Sources

1.  https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/stem-cells#:~:text=embryonic%20stem%20cells-,What%20are%20the%20benefits%20of%20stem%20cells%3F,a%20range%20of%20medical%20conditions.

2.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10276889/#:~:text=It%20has%20been%20found%20that,and%20regeneration%20or%20tissue%20differentiation.

3.  https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/24892-stem-cells

 

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