Stem cell therapy is the use of stem cells to treat or prevent a disease or condition. Bone marrow transplant is the most widely used stem cell therapy, but some therapies derived from umbilical cord blood are also in use.

1. Presented by,
Sai Sharan Amaravadhi,
Saisharansai@gmail.com,
Relation Executive,
LifeCell international Co.

2. WHAT IS STEM CELL?
An undifferentiated cell of a
multicellular organism which
is capable of giving rise to
indefinitely more cells of the
same type, and from which
certain other kinds of cell
arise by differentiation.
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3. STEM CELL DIVISION AND
DIFFERENTIATION.
• A: stem cell;
• B: progenitor cell;
• C: differentiated cell;
• 1: symmetric stem cell division;
• 2: asymmetric stem cell division;
• 3: progenitor division;
• 4: terminal differentiation
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5. WHERE IT CAN BE APPLICABLE?
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6. WHAT CAN BE CURE?

7. ADVANTAGES
Medical benefits in the fields of therapeutic cloning and
regenerative medicine.
Cures to a plethora of diseases including Parkinson's disease,
schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, spinal cord injuries, and
diabetes.
Limbs and organs could be grown in a lab from stem cells.
Easy to learn about human growth and cell development.
These are linked with major clinical consequences such as birth
defects, pregnancy-loss, and infertility.
It has already found many treatments that help in slowing the aging
process, and a bonus of further research is a possible 'cure' for
aging, altogether.
Embryonic stem cells can develop into any cell types of the body.

8. DISADVANTAGES
The use of embryonic stem cells involves the destruction of blastocysts
formed from laboratory-fertilized human eggs. For those people who believe
that life begins at conception, the blastocyst is a human life and to destroy it
is immoral and unacceptable.
Like any other new technology, it is also completely unknown what the long-
term effects of such an interference with nature could materialize.
Embryonic stem cells may not be the solution for all ailments.
According to a new research, it was used on heart disease patients. It was
found that it can make their coronary arteries narrower.
A disadvantage is that they are pre-specialized;
for instance, blood stem cells make only blood, and
brain stem cells make only brain cells.
These are derived from embryos that are not a patient's own and the patient's
body may reject them.
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9. Be sure when it comes to choosing the best for your new born.
Thank you….
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