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Question
What is the importance of stem cells in medical science?
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Solution
Stem cells are used in regenerative therapy and organ transplantation.
- Cell therapy: 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.
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