New stem cell research performed at Oxford University suggest that skin cells may have the potential to fight against many diseases such as Parkinson’s and conditions such as spinal cord damage.
The Oxford University research team announced their findings this week that indicate that skin cells that are manipulated can potentially generate the same brain cells that die off at the onset of neurological conditions or that are killed when damage occurs to the spinal cord.
Embryonic stem cells have been the subject of many research studies, but they are often plagued by moral arguments about studying the tissue at all.
Professor of tissue engineering from Sheffield University, Sheila MacNeil, stated that the research from Oxford University is very promising and that there is a large potential to harvest stem cells simply via a skin biopsy. She added that the idea is very novel given the fact that when these cells are used it is much less likely that the body will reject them given that the skin cells are harvested from a donor’s own body.
Burn victims have benefited from the use of skin cells for a prolonged amount of time, but the new research is focused on how the skin cells could benefit many others. In fact, skin cells could potentially be used in many regenerative treatments that would allows cells to grow new replacement spinal cord tissue which would open the whelm of possibilities for those facing spinal damage.
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