This document discusses stem cells, including what they are, their types and uses in medicine. It defines stem cells as undifferentiated cells that can differentiate into specialized cells. There are two main types of stem cells: embryonic stem cells derived from embryos, and adult stem cells found in adult tissues. Embryonic stem cells are the most versatile but also raise ethical issues, while adult stem cells are more limited but do not have ethical concerns. The document also notes how stem cell therapy uses stem cells to treat diseases by replacing damaged cells.

1. STEM CELLS
-What are stem cells?
-Types of stem cells.
-Using stem cells in the
medicine.

2. WHAT ARE STEM CELLS?
Stem cells are a class of undifferentiated
cells that are able to differentiate into
specialized cell types.

3. TYPES OF STEM CELLS.
Commonly, stem cells come from two main sources:
1- Embryos formed during the blastocyst phase of
embryological development (embryonic stem
cells).
2- Adult tissue (adult stem cells).

4. EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS
Embryonic stem cells are derived from a four- or five-day-old human
embryo that is in the blastocyst phase of development.
The embryos are usually extras that have been created in IVF (in vitro
fertilization) clinics where several eggs are fertilized in a test tube.

5. Sexual reproduction begins when a male's sperm fertilizes a female's ovum to form a
zygote. The single zygote cell then begins a series of divisions, forming 2, 4, 8, 16 cells,
etc. After four to six days - before implantation in the uterus - this mass of cells is
called a blastocyst.
The blastocyst consists of an inner cell mass
(embryoblast) and an outer cell mass (trophoblast).
The outer cell mass becomes part of the placenta,
and the inner cell mass is the group of cells that will
differentiate to become all the structures of an adult
organism.This latter mass is the source of embryonic stem
cells - totipotent cells (cells with total potential to
develop into any cell in the body)

6. ADULT STEM CELLS
Adult or somatic stem cells exist throughout the
body after embryonic development and are found
inside of different types of tissue.
These stem cells have been found in tissues
such as the brain, bone marrow, blood, blood
vessels, skeletal muscles, skin, and the liver.

7. USING STEM CELLS IN THE
MEDICINE
Stem cell therapy is the use of stem cells to treat or prevent a disease or
condition.
Bone marrow transplant is the most widely used stem cell therapy, but some
therapies derived from umbilical cord blood are also in use.
For over 30 years, bone-marrow have been used to treat cancer patients
with conditions such as leukaemia and lymphoma.
Many diseases are caused by a problem with one particular cell type. These
are the
diseases that are current or potential targets for stem cell therapy.
Embryonic stem cells can become any type of specialized cells so we may
use them to treat many diseases.

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Mohamed Salah Ismail Mohamed
Ahmed Elwan Abdul Fattah Abo Hamad
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Amro Elsayed Abdul Hady