Role of bone marrow transplants in increasing the survival of patients with leukemia and other cancers, inherited blood disorders, and diseases of the immune system and it is an inspiration to stem cell research. Hematopoietic stem cells are used in bone marrow transplant and have the ability to self renew in the marrow and to [...]
What Are Different Types of Fetal Stem Cells
May 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Research with fetal tissue so far has been limited to only a few cell types: neural stem cells, including neural crest cells; hematopoietic stem cells; and pancreatic islet progenitors. Neural stem cells, which are numerous in the fetal brain, can be isolated and grown in an undifferentiated form in culture, and they have been shown [...]