Brief Guide to Adult Stem Cell Research

Why is adult stem cell research so important to our health? Reports are coming out on a daily basis showing that adult stem cells have the potential to regenerate and repair injured and damaged tissues throughout our body. Read more about many adult stem cell successes and about one very special adult stem cell success story.

Although some ambiguity or overlap exists in the naming of adult stem cells, depending on their tissue of origin and generative potential, these cells are found throughout the body and several types have been specifically identified by name:

-- hematopoietic stem cells from the bone marrow (HSC)
-- mesenchymal stem cells (MSC)
-- adipose stem cells from fat tissue (ASC)
-- connective tissue progenitors (CTP)
-- multi-potent adult stem cells (MAPC)
-- neural stem cells/oligodendrocyte progenitors from the central nervous system (NSC)
-- skeletal myoblasts from the musculoskeletal system (SKMB)
-- umbilical cord blood derived stem cells (UCB)
-- hemangioblasts (AC133) from umbilical cord blood (HB1)

Whether each of these stem cell populations has the same plasticity and developmental potential as the others remains to be determined.

What we do know already is that bone marrow derived adult stem cells have a huge potential to benefit tissues and organ systems throughout the body through a variety of mechanisms. We do know that one of the essential molecules that plays a key role in stem cell plasticity is polysialic acid.

Current stem cell research is now being taken from the laboratory bench to the patient's bedside. Many of these therapies are still in the experimental stages, whereas others haven't made it yet to the clinic.

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Here we will simplify the bewildering number and overwhelming detail of scientific articles and research results by dividing them into organ systems and diseases, as you see below.

Conditions Treatable with Adult Stem Cells

Alzheimer's Disease

Autism

Autoimmune Diseases

Cerebral Palsy

Crohn's Disease

Diabetes, Type I and Type II

Heart disease

Multiple Sclerosis

Osteoarthritis/Rheumatoid arthritis

Parkinson's Disease

Renal (Kidney) Failure

Spinal Cord Injury

Stroke

Traumatic Brain Injury

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