Main Category: Stem Cell Research
Article Date: 04 Oct 2013 – 2:00 PDT
Calculations suggest that cells from approximately 150 selected people would provide a useful immunological match for the majority of people in the United Kingdom. It is likely that similar numbers will be required elsewhere.
A better solution would be to build an international bank of stem cell lines from a small pool of people to provide a useful match for a majority of the patient population, say scientists. These could be safely transplanted without immune rejection.
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In the paper, Professor Wilmut and colleagues highlight the importance of immune matching between iPSCs donors and recipients. The scientists say that while personalised iPSC stem cell lines could be developed – that is where a patient receives his or her own cells as treatment – in practice it would be very difficult to achieve because of time and cost.
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Global stem cell standard could pave way for universal therapy
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Patients suffering from a range of diseases could benefit from better treatments if new standards in stem cell research are adopted by the international scientific community.
iPSCs cells are created from mature cells in the body and can be reprogrammed to become any type of cell in the body. These cells will offer important opportunities in cell therapy.
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The University of Edinburgh. “Global stem cell standard could pave way for universal therapy.” Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 4 Oct. 2013. Web.
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