Stem cells identical to embryonic obtained in Japan

Stem cells identical to embryonic obtained in Japan A team of scholars at the Harvard Medical School (USA) explains, in the journal Science, a new procedure for building, from adult cells, stem cells with the same regenerative characteristics as embryonic cells, so that one of the biggest obstacles to using this type of cells with curative intent is resolved. Analysts believe that this technique can lead to the creation of an outbreak of tissues to reconstruct damaged organs. The new stem cells may become a source of pancreatic cells for patients with diabetes or heart cells for people with heart problems. It is clear that the systematic disaster of inquiries on human embryos which means slaughter, and the progress made with research on adult stem cells extracted from the own suffering, has forced the recognition throughout the scientific world, of the successes achieved with adult stem cells. Moreover, the latest news received confirm achievements made by some research with adult stem cells. The medical coordinator of Hematology in the Hospital de La Plana de Vila-Real (Spain), medical ratified the efficiency of stem cells in cancer treatment, as applied in leukemias and lymphomas, although the application of this treatment comes when chemotherapy has liquidated "both the bad with the good of the patient cells", clarified the doctor. Also, a group of researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science in Japan, claimed to have discovered stem cells identical to embryonic. They have managed to create stem cells that help the reconstruction of human organs damaged by diseases. The investigations carried out by the Briton John B. Gurdon and the Japanese Shinya Yamanaka, both awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine, have made them parents of the cell reprogramming. They have succeeded in creating cells with identical behavior that embryonic cells, but without destroying human embryos. The head of the team of scientists, Hajime Ogushi recalled that through stem cells can be developed organs or tissues that could be the healing of diseases like cancer or diabetes. A stem cell is a cell that has the ability to renew itself through mitotic divisions, or to continue the differentiation pathway for which it is programmed and, therefore, produce cells of one or more types of adult tissues, functional and fully differentiated according to their degree of multipotentiality. Clemente Ferrer Presidente del Instituto Europeo de Marketing Luis de Salazar, 9 E-28002-Madrid (Spain) Tel: +34 914137873 DNI: 20285521 G clementeferrer3@gmail.com Author and journalist Clemente Ferrer has led a distinguished career in Spain in the fields of advertising and public relations. He is currently President of the European Institute of Marketing.