Master Stem Cells Revisited

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The latest breakthrough in stem cell research features new imaging technology enabling researchers to track individual stem cells through the implantation or transplantation process. Following these hMSC’s, or mesenchymal stem cells, or also known as ‘multipotent marrow stromal cells' is like creating the nose of the Space Shuttle to enable it to travel back to earth without burning up in the re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere.
These stem cells, or “master” cells, have the ability to change into bone, cartilage, or fat tissues. These cells have the ability to reproduce themselves and have the potential to create a vast “bank” of cells to use in research and therapies. They also have the ability to treat heart disease, brain disorders, cancer, and many other diseases without having to harvest fetal tissues or other embryonic material, thus bypassing the current protestations and negative publicity currently experienced by the entire stem cell research field.

In addition to tracking these cells' life cycles, scientists are also able to optimize treatments for those individuals that experience host-graft diseases and tissue rejection conditions. Research continues to develop into other fields as well, including pharmaceuticals. New advances incorporate stem cells as ‘delivery vehicles’ to potentially transport medications to target cell areas in cancer patients.

While many issues regarding stem cell biology is still unknown, devoted scientists, technologists and researchers continue to fight for millions of individuals they will never meet, speak with, or never hear about. The field of stem cell research is so much more than the current soapbox issue of fetal tissue.

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