STEM CELLS

HOW STEM CELLS CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, Arthur. C.Clarke once wrote. So it is stem cells and their most miraculous potential to save our lives. Stem cells are so tiny that it would take a million of them clustered together to form a pin head. Yet as their name denotes all other cells ‘stem’ from them. They can divide and multiply rapidly into cells that give rise to the brain, the heart, the spine, the limbs, the muscles, the skin and everything else that constitutes the human body. Once the body is fully grown they lie dormant in the marrow of your bones, in the cavities in your eye, under the nose, in your stomach and even in your skin waiting for the signal to transform into whichever tissue or organ that is needed .they are the hidden biological repair system –the super mechanics with a warehouse stacked with everything you need to make your body new again. Now researchers are unlocking the mysteries these nanosized cells store and are ushering in a revolution in the treatment of a range of debilitating diseases.