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Stem Cells As A Cure For Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Chaya K. Hirsch
Stem Cells As A Cure For Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Chaya K. Hirsch
The Science Journal of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal motor neuron disease which affects approximately 30,000 Americans at any given time (alsa.org, 2010). The etiology of this terminal disease unfortunately remains an unsolved mystery and has therefore severely limited the ability to find a cure. The use of stem cells to regenerate neurons has been vastly studied and have produced very promising results. However, its practicality as a cure or treatment for neurodegenerative diseases, such as ALS, is greatly compromised. Three different therapies involving stem cells were examined, Embryonic Stem Cells (ESC), induced pluripotent stem cells, (iPSC) and direct reprogramming of adult …
Cardiac Tissue Regeneration - The Use Of Stem Cells, Chavy Friedlander
Cardiac Tissue Regeneration - The Use Of Stem Cells, Chavy Friedlander
The Science Journal of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences
The following is the introduction to the article: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of illness and fatality. Diseases such as coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction and subsequent congestive heart failure pose a serious problem to much of the population in the Unites States and all over the world. The heart’s compromised function that results from the above conditions is so influential as the heart has little capacity to repair its lost tissue; once the cardiac myocytes are destroyed its effects are amplified by a drastic decrease in cardiac function. Until recently with the advent of stem cell technology, researchers …