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Geeta Mohan
STEM CELLS AND ORGAN CULTURE
The properties of the stem cells make them best suited for organ culture
1) Stem cells have the ability to divide for an indefinite
period under the right condition and right signal.
2) Stem cells are totipotent, they have the potential to
mature into blood, nerves, heart, cartilage and any
other tissues. The word ‘totipotent’ is derived from the
word, ‘totus’ meaning entire. The stem cells can give
rise to the entire embryo.
Totipotency is the ability of a single cell to divide and
produce all of the differentiated cells in an organism
example –zygote and spores. They can form all cell
types in the body including extra embryonic or placental
cells .
STEM CELLS AND ORGAN CULTURE
Organ Culture
• The stem cells due to their properties of totipotency,
pleuripotency and plasticity can be induced or coaxed
to produce the desired tissue or organ.
• The differentiation of the cells depends on the right
type of induction. The stem cells when associated
closely with any organ can form a tissue of that organ.
For example the stem cells when associated with the
heart will form cardiac muscles. Similarly when the stem
cells are associated with the liver or the pancreas, the
cells will develop and differentiate into that particular
tissue. This capacity of the stem cells has been fully
exploited to grow organs.
The researchers involved in growing new organs are
called tissue engineers.
STEM CELLS AND ORGAN CULTURE
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