{"id":622,"date":"2018-03-25T11:36:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T10:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/10storks.com\/?p=622"},"modified":"2018-03-25T11:36:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T10:36:52","slug":"baby-stem-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imedicalsociety.org\/baby-stem-cells\/","title":{"rendered":"How Baby Stem Cells Work"},"content":{"rendered":"
There are different types of cells that constitute a human body and often some of these cells may be damaged or diseased, leading to complicated and even fatal ailments for those unfortunate patients. Now the medical science has undergone many improvements for the cure of these diseases and prolonged researches have proved that the use of baby<\/strong>\u00a0stem cells<\/strong> is the best option for the treatments of many complicated physical problems. Though till now many common people have no basic idea about the baby stem cells or their uses, now awareness is fast spreading among the masses and people are intrigued to find out more information in this regard.<\/p>\n The baby\u00a0stem cells<\/strong> are those body cells that cannot be categorized under any specific cell type and thus, these cells can be turned into any variety of human cells for the successful replacement of the damaged cells of that body part. These unspecified cells are available in the bodies of all multi-cellular organisms of this world. However, the doctors and scientists prefer only to use the stem cells<\/strong> of the human bodies, for curing the complicated diseases of the mankind.<\/p>\n Broadly, the stem cells of the humans can be differentiated into the embryonic or baby stem cells<\/strong> and the adult stem cells, according to the age of the donator of these cells.<\/p>\n As the researches are still going on about these stem cells, the scientists are yet to explore more qualities of the baby stem cells which may help them in using these cells more effectively for the human use in the coming years.<\/p>\n The embryonic or baby stem cells<\/strong> are derived from the human embryos at the initial stage of their growth, which justify the name conferred to these cells. Apart from the cord blood cells derived from the umbilical cords of the newborns, these embryonic baby stem cells are also available from the developing embryos in the fertilization clinics, where the female eggs are artificially fertilized to form the test-tube babies. The parents of these test tube embryos are prior informed and then the scientists proceed for extracting the stem cells from the artificially developing embryos with the permission of the donating parents, as no harm is caused to the growing fetus in this procedure. However, the embryonic cells are not yet derived from the embryos growing in their mothers\u2019 wombs.<\/p>\n After successful extraction, these cells are carefully cultured in the laboratories, in the presence of a culture medium liquid that actually serves as the food for these cells. Initially, this culturing and growth of the baby stem cells were practiced with the embryonic cells derived from the mice. However, the mouse cells could not be tested on the humans, due to the significant differences in the genetic structures of the human cells from that of the mice. Now it is established that only a few human embryonic cells can give rise to the millions of the required baby stem cells<\/strong>, when subjected to a series of complicated cycles as the vital parts of the culturing of these cells.<\/p>\n Until now, various kinds of laboratory tests are performed for detecting the special features of the embryonic cells. Initially, these cells were only inspected through powerful microscopes to see their unspecialized characteristics. Now more laboratory tests are evolved to know more about these cells, which will help the scientists in using them correctly in curing the medical patients. Different kinds of tests are still form the part of the extensive researches in this field, to discover more benefits of these embryonic baby stem cells.<\/p>\n Previously, the mouse and human embryonic cells were cultured in the similar way, with the addition of specially treated fibroblasts obtained from the body of the mice, along with the serum derived from the cattle. However, later it was proved that the growth of the mouse cells and human cells are quite different in the same culturing medium. Moreover, there could be the risk of transmitting the mouse virus to the human cells, if cultured with mouse skin cells. Hence, leukemia inhibitory factor was added to this medium, which was good enough for the mouse stem cells; still not sufficient to trigger the differentiation of the human embryonic cells.<\/p>\n Therefore, now a three dimensional culturing environment is created for the healthy growth of the human baby stem cells. These stem cells are placed under numbers of culturing procedures in separate plastic dishes for the most effective culture of these human cells. Each of these subculture cycles is termed as a \u2018passage\u2019. The accurate application of the culturing process can produce millions of stem cells from only a few baby stem cells in the laboratories. As this branch of science is continuously making progress, there are several changes introduced by the scientists for the better growth of these baby stem cells. This 3D culture has been proved to be better for making the stem cells more effective in proliferation and pluripotency, as well as helps these cells to last much longer in stored condition.<\/p>\n When the cells are taken in bulk from the artificially fertilized embryos or the cord blood, the stem cells need to be identified and separated from the rest of the cells in the laboratories. Apparently, though it may not seem to be an easy job; there are several laboratory based procedures for the identification of the baby stem cells<\/strong>.<\/p>\n When the baby stem cells are cultured in the laboratories, the fact that these cells can automatically differentiate into various types of human cells is considered as the sign of their good health. However, often it is necessary for the scientists and doctors to make the stem cells differentiate into certain specific types of cells, which can be used for curing a particular patient. So, certain scientific procedures need to be applied for directing the otherwise spontaneous differentiating power of the stem cells, for the formation of the required cell types.<\/p>\n After the basic differentiation of the stem cells, further scientific procedures are adopted to completely transform those cells into the functional types, as per the needs of the concerned doctors. Earlier, all these scientific tests were conducted with the stem cells taken from the mice and now these procedures are safely applied on the human stem cells.<\/p>\n Hence, the researches on stem cells bring the ray of hope in many patients diagnosed with critical ailments that are otherwise incurable by medications or surgeries. Usually, the bone marrow is replaced with the stem cells, in case of all the blood related disorders. All these therapies are now conducted with the baby stem cells, since the treatment procedures with the adult stem cells are still under clinical trials. Till now, several thousands of patients have been saved all over the world with the applications of the baby stem cells.<\/p>\n Numerous scientists from many countries are now working on the applications of baby stem cells for the cure of many physical disorders, mainly in the European Union and in the United States.<\/p>\n Though now more than 100 diseases have been cured with the stem cell therapies, extensive researches are still going on in this field for the discovery of more cost effective ways of stem cell treatments. It is assumed that many more years will be needed to make this branch of medical science popular among the common mass, by the provision of better safety and faster cure from the critical diseases in future. Much better chemotherapy medicines are also expected to be created with the help of these stem cell researches. The scientists are also trying to discover useful treatments for cerebral palsy and autism, with the use of the cord blood of those affected children. However, the patients should not avail the therapies that have not yet been approved for the safety, as these untested treatments may even turn fatal, as found in some cases occurring in the countries of the eastern part of the world, such as India.<\/p>\n The cord blood is more easily available from the umbilical cords of the newborns and thus, the scientists depend more on the stem cells derived from this fresh cord blood. Earlier, the cord blood cells were used for the treatment of the siblings<\/a> and other close family members of the newborns. However, now plenty of diseases are found to be curable with the help of these cord blood cells of even the unrelated babies. The cord blood cells are simply inserted into the damaged body organ and let the cells differentiate and multiply there to replace the problematic tissues completely. The effective functions of these cord blood cells recover the lost immunity power and provide new life to the patients. Plenty of children have been cured from thalassemia<\/a> and sickle cell disease with the application of stem cells derived from the cord blood. The immature cells present in the cord blood is found to be more useful as the stem cells than the adult stem cells, as these cells are more easily cultured and differentiated according to the requirements of the scientists and doctors. The adult stem cells are available in limited number of places in the human body and the specified cells of those body organs may not be of use in other parts of the body; whereas the stem cells extracted from the cord blood can be inserted anywhere of the body for stem cell therapy or the replacements of the damaged body cells.<\/p>\n The fresh stem cells extracted from the cord blood are more effective in nature than the ones that are left unpreserved for a long time. Hence, it is absolutely essential to store the cord blood by using the required scientific procedures and this storage is termed as cord blood banking<\/a>.<\/p>\n This practice helps to store the cord blood for future use, even after many years. The baby, whose cord blood is taken out from the umbilical cord, can be benefitted too in future, if detected with any complicated and otherwise incurable disease. He may also use this cord blood for curing any person who has blood relations with him and thus, there is no chance of genetic mismatch. When a person uses his own cord blood for getting cured from any deadly disease, it is termed as autologous use. However, the use of the cord blood for a sibling or any other close family member is scientifically termed as allogenic use.<\/p>\n The researches have proved that the use of the cord blood of a relative is more effective than that of a person who has got no blood relation with the patient. Hence, now many parents prefer to pay a certain rental price<\/a> for the preservation of the cord blood<\/a> of their children in the form of cord blood banking<\/a>, for the future uses of their babies or other family members. However, some people also like to donate the cord blood<\/a> of their babies for the research purposes<\/a>, which may benefit several other people of the world.<\/p>\n Many parents still have the idea that the collection of the cord blood can harm their babies and the new mothers. These new parents should be assured that the cord blood is collected only after the umbilical cord is totally separated from the body of the baby and the mother. Thia activity takes just five minutes, or some minutes more in the case of nuchal cord complications<\/a>. Hence, there is no chance of spreading any kind of infection in the body of the baby, while collecting the cord blood<\/a>. However, only well trained medical professionals<\/a> should collect this cord blood from the umbilical cord through the usage of a collection kit<\/a> provided by the bank,\u00a0 and carefully clamp both end of the cord to prevent any loss of this precious blood. However, the care should be taken to collect this blood immediately after the childbirth; else the blood cells may not be of any use for using as the stem cells in future. Moreover, the blood present inside the umbilical cord is supposed to be of no use to the baby or the mother, unless preserved in the form of cord blood, through the adequate process that we explain in detail in this article<\/a>. The best cord blood banks<\/a> have a complete process for this and they take care of all details: see our article with reviews of selected cord blood banks<\/a>.<\/p>\n The researches on the mice have shown that the induction of undifferentiated baby stem cells cause the formation of harmless tumors that are named as Teratomas. These tumors are formed due to the assembly of many kinds of body cells, which are created due to the multiplications of the automatically differentiated and semi-differentiated stem cells. Hence, many scientists prefer the uses of adult stem cells in the humans, to avoid all kinds of future hassles faced by the patients, as well as by their doctors.<\/p>\n Still, the baby stem cells are in huge demand among the scientists of the modern world, due to the useful effects of these cells in regenerating the damaged body cells in many cases. More than 80 diseases are reportedly cured with the use of the cord blood in various progressive countries. Now since the practice of cord blood banking is proved to be effective not only for the relatives of the newborn babies; the parents or the grownup children can make a lot of money by selling their stored cord blood for the benefits of other seriously ill patients. It is hoped that in near future, all the complicated genetic diseases will be completely cured with the application of stem cell therapy, due to the further discoveries of the scientists, who are working tirelessly on this subject now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vital Information Regarding the Uses of Baby Stem Cells in Medical Science There are different types of cells that constitute a human body and often some of these cells may be damaged or diseased, leading to complicated and even fatal ailments for those unfortunate patients. Now the medical science has undergone many improvements for the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imedicalsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imedicalsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imedicalsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imedicalsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imedicalsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imedicalsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imedicalsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imedicalsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imedicalsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imedicalsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Basic Definition of Baby Stem Cells <\/strong><\/h1>\n
Main Varieties of Stem Cells Used for Medical Purposes <\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Special Characteristics of All Types of Stem Cells Including Baby Stem Cells<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Extraction of The Baby Stem Cells By The Medical Scientists\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h1>\n
Distinct Interesting Features Seen In The Baby Stem Cells <\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Benefits of the baby stem cells in medical researches\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Points of Comparison Between Baby Stem Cells And Adult Stem Cells<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Process Adopted For Culturing The Baby Stem Cells of Human Beings <\/strong><\/h1>\n
Purposes of Various Laboratory Tests While Detecting The Baby Stem Cells <\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Procedures of Directing The Baby Stem Cells For Definite Differentiation<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Prominent Benefits Of The Prolonged Researches on Baby Stem Cells <\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Progress In The Research Involving The Baby Stem Cells <\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n
Effectiveness of The Cord Blood Over Other Stem Cells <\/strong><\/h1>\n
Vital Necessity of The Cord Blood Banking Procedures<\/strong><\/h1>\n
Awareness To Be Spread Regarding The Cord Bblood banking <\/strong><\/h1>\n
Is there any risk of using baby stem cells in the treatments?<\/strong><\/h2>\n