They Can Even Become Neurons

(Posted By: Josi Creek)


Since I have Multiple Sclerosis, I am always trying to be on top of new research. In the beginning, stem cells seemed out of reach for most people. Now, as technology is developing, researchers are finding out more about stem cells, and different places they can be obtained.
One of the major barriers preventing widespread use of stem cells in therapeutic clinics is the great difficulty of collecting a large number of stem cells from any single person. But this isn’t because our bodies don’t have many stem cells; they are, in fact, present in most tissues. Rather, there are few tissues that freely shed their cells on a regular basis and in great quantity.

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