Stem Cell and Ethical Issues

Dr  M L Harendra Kumar

doi:10.58739/jcbs/v04i1.13

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Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

DOI: 10.58739/jcbs/v04i1.13

Year: 2014, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 213-215

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Stem Cell and Ethical Issues

Dr. M L Harendra Kumar

Director Academics Professor & Head Department of Pathology, SDUMC, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka India

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Stem cells are unspecialized cells characterized by ability to differentiate in to other cell types and self-regenerate. In 1998, James Thomson (University of Wisconsin – Madison) isolated cells from the inner mass of blastocyte, and developed the first human embryonic stem cell line in culture. Stem cells can be used to generate healthy and functioning specialized cells which can then replace diseased or dysfunctional cells. It is similar to the process of organ transplantation only, the treatment consists of transplanting cells instead of organs.