Mice severely disabled by a multiple sclerosis (MS) -- like condition could walk less than two weeks following treatment with human stem cells. The finding, which uncovers new avenues for treating MS, will be published online on May 15, 2014, in the journal Stem Cell Reports.
When scientists transplanted human stem cells into MS mice, they predicted the cells would be rejected, much like rejection of an organ transplant.
Expecting no benefit to the mice, they were surprised when the experiment yielded spectacular results.
"My postdoctoral fellow Dr. Lu Chen came to me and said, 'The mice are walking.' I didn't believe her," said co-senior author, Tom Lane, Ph.D., a professor of pathology at the University of Utah, who began the work at University of California, Irvine.
Within just 10 to 14 days, the mice regained motor skills. Six months later, they still showed no signs of slowing down.
This is a huge improvement in medicine, imagine doing this with people, how many people will have a sustainable life? Yet, the economical and Ethical issue is still manging there, the money access to the people, or what religion will say about it. This factor are one that may reduce, the advance of medicine.
This article is quite interesting since shows how stem cell is still reaching a point where they can cure some diseases that in the past time it believed that they might be imposible to find a cure.
What connection can I make with my life and this article? I have seen this subject in biology and we have discussed about this topic. All their ethics, social, economical issue. And I think this connect with everyones life including myself in there of course. I personally believe that the ethicity has nothing to do with saving millons of life.
What connection can I make with my life and this article? I have seen this subject in biology and we have discussed about this topic. All their ethics, social, economical issue. And I think this connect with everyones life including myself in there of course. I personally believe that the ethicity has nothing to do with saving millons of life.
Global context: This is a continuous development. Stem cells showed us that medicine is something that is beyond of our knowledge and this may be an excelent proof to the religious group that this can save million of lives.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140515123204.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140515123204.htm