Cells Extracted From Urine
Scientists develop ways to extract cells from urine. Cells from urine can be used instead of embryonic stem cells to produce neurons in the brain. This method may be used in the future to treat neurological disorders like Alzheimer #39;s and Parkinson #39;s disease. Stem-cell biologist Duanqing Pei along with researchers from Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health in China has shown that kidney cells from urine can be turned into neural progenitor cells. Embryonic stem cells are unstable and run the risk of turning into noncancerous tumors. The researchers cultured the urine cells with bacterial DNA, which might be a way to lower the risk of tumors. The benefits of using the urine stem cells rather than embryonic or non-embryonic stem cells is that this noninvasive method can collect samples from patients more easily, the danger of the neurons from the urine samples producing tumor cells is lower and the process of making them in a lab is more efficient for neural cells. Scientists have found that stem cells used to treat neurological disorders can be effective when snorted rather than being transplanted through invasive surgery. There are currently no FDA approved stem cell treatments for neurological disorders.From:GeoBeatsNewsViews:1 0ratingsTime:01:11More inNews Politics
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