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प्रश्न
Give scientific reason.
Stem cells are extremely important in regenerative therapy.
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उत्तर
- In case of medical conditions like myocardial infarction, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, etc., stem cells are used to replace dead cells.
- In conditions like anemia, thalassemia and leukemia, where blood count is affected, stem cells are used to produce new blood cells. This is known as regenerative cell therapy.
- Advances in research may make it possible to produce organs like liver or kidney from stem cells to be used for transplantation in case of organ failure.
Hence, stem cells are extremely important in regenerative therapy.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What are stem cells?
Write the correct answer in the blank circles.
At the earliest stage of development, the organism is in the form of a mass of a cell, which are almost alike, those cells are called ____________.
Which of the following is an important requirement in organ transplantation?
_____________ is the revolutionary event in biotechnology after cloning.
Cell _____________ starts from 14th day of conception.
____________ are present in the umbilical cord by which the foetus is joined to the uterus of the mother.
For the purpose of preservation stem cell samples are kept in __________.
Find an odd one out.
The number of different types of cells in the human body that are formed from embryonic cells.
Name the following.
Cells that are present in the initial development stage of zygote, that is formed by theunion of male and female gametes.
Define.
Stem cell
Observe the given figure and answer the following questions.
- What is shown in the figure?
- What can the stem cells make in this figure?
- What can these stem cells transform into?
Explain the statement.
The revolutionary phenomenon in biotechnology after cloning is stem cell research.
______ cells are undifferentiated mass of cells.
Explain the following term:
Stem cells
