Scientific and Medical Research Facts
on Adult Stem Cell Function
(Collected from research articles, science papers
and medical publications)
• Stem cells can form cartilage and bone - Science (the
world's leading journal of original scientific research) 284,
143-47; 2 Apr 1999
• Bone marrow stem cells can form liver, skin and digestive tract
cells - New England Journal of Medicine 346, 738-746,
7 Mar 2002
• Bone marrow stem cells can participate in cutaneous healing,
contributing to wound healing - Journal of Cellular Physiology
196, 245-250; 2003
• Stem cells participate in the generation of new neurons within
the human brain - Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences USA 100, 1364-1369; 4 Feb 2003
• Mobilized stem cells have also been used in renewal of cardiac
tissue - Journal of Clinical Investigation 107, 1395-1402;
Jun 2001
• Bone marrow stem cells have also shown the ability to participate
in renewal of retinal tissues - Nature Medicine 8, 1004-1010;
Sep 2002
• Stem cell patients showed significant improvements in nerve
conduction velocities, and showed maintenance or slight improvement
in bone mineral density - Bone Marrow Transplant 215-222;
Aug 2002, published by the NIH
• Bone marrow stem cells have also been shown to contribute to
Purkinje cells (Purkinje cells are brain cells that science
had believed are not generated after birth) - Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences USA 100, 2088-2093; 18 Feb
2003
• Human marrow stem cells have been shown to form cartilage cells
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 99,
4397-4402; 2 Apr 2002
• Bone marrow derived stem cells have also been shown capable
of renewing muscle tissue - Science 279, 1528-1530; Mar
6, 1998
• Bone marrow stem cells can participate in restoring kidney
tissue - Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
14, S48-S54; 2003
• Repopulation of liver cells from bone marrow stem cells could
take place in humans - Nature 406, 257; 20 July 2000
• Bone marrow derived stem cells have also demonstrated the ability
to induce renewal of the pancreas - Bone Marrow Transplant
215-222; Aug 2002
• Bone marrow derived stem cells can renew cardiac tissue and
improve cardiac performance in humans - Nature Medicine
7, 430-436; April 2001 and many more
• Studies indicate evidence that bone marrow stem cells can renew
lung tissue - Development 128, 5181-5188; December 2001
• Stem cells can home to lung tissue, then participate in renewal
of lung tissue and reduction of inflammation - Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences USA 100: 8407-8411; 8 July
2003
• Bone marrow derived stem cells have been shown to contribute
to renewal of gastrointestinal tissue in human patients - Archives
of Dermatology 137, 1071-1072; Aug 2001 and many more
(The above is a collection from research articles, science papers
and medical publications that factually illustrate the functions
of the body’s adult stem cell system. Many of these are described
in greater detail on the website of The President’s Council on Bioethics.)
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See also:
- Stem Cells and StemEnhance® by Christian Drapeau, MSc (video)
- The Story of Adult Stem Cells
- Adult vs. Embryonic Stem Cells
- Published Paper in Medical Hypotheses
journal
External link:
NIH: Adult
Stem Cell
Wikipedia: Adult
Stem Cells
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