Essays on Stem Cell Research

Description of Research Work Stem cells (SCs) are undifferentiated and self-renewal, human cells. They have ability to differentiate into a complete organism or organ or any type of tissue [1]. They undergo mitotic division and differentiate into any type of cell, organ, and tissue or even into a complete organism. Different types of growth factors…

The abstract starts out saying that treating these disorders with gene therapy is “based on transplantation of autologous hematopoietic stem cells” (HSC). What does that mean, and why do you think that could be useful for these types of hemoglobinopathies? Gene therapy for hemoglobinopathies is currently based on this. Hematopoietic stem cells are modified by…