Wednesday, June 18, 2008

The stem cell harvesting from menstrual blood

It sounds absurd from the title, isn’t it? However, it’s really true! As we know through the scientists’ interpretation, Stem cells are transmutable ones (which meaning they have the ability to morph into other types of cells.). especially, it could be coaxed into forming specialized heart cells, which might one-day be used to treat failing or damaged hearts.so, it has great potential for curing some illnesses like diabetes.

Since the stem cells were so attractive, they were originally derived from human bone marrow. But the amount of stem cells from bone marrow is low And, the stem cells from bone marrow have improved heart function mainly by producing new blood vessels but not producing new heart-muscle tissue. What’s worse, the collecting of stem cells from bone marrows often makes patients fell unfit or pained.

Till now, Scientists have identified a surprising potential source of stem cells: menstrual blood. It’s really good news. Because we all know that menstrual blood is just by-product of women, and its collecting is non-pained and simple, what’s more, now we know that the stem cells from menstrual blood could be 30 times more than that from bone marrow.

Meanwhile, some patented companies like C'elle set to persuade people invest their future healthcare and beauty by collecting, isolating and preserving their menstrual blood. Certainly, the service is chargeable. I don’t want to evaluate the deed in business, just tell you a truth.

By the way, you should do it as you are young if you want to preserve your menstrual blood, because it is advised by scientists that these cells are obtained from younger patients would have a longer lifespan than cells harvested from older donors.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The menstrual stem cell is really so helpful?