The document discusses stem cells, their types, and their roles in the human body, including regeneration and treatment of illnesses. It contrasts embryonic stem cells with adult stem cells, highlighting ethical considerations and the clinical applications of adult stem cells. Additionally, it addresses the relationship between stem cells, aging, and potential future treatments, prompting further personal reflection on these topics.

1. Dr. David Coradin
University of the Supernatural
Miami, Florida
Stem Cells,
Regenerative Medicine, and
Biblical Ethics

5. Stem Cells
• What is a Stem Cell
• Types of Stem Cells
• Illness, Aging, and the
Fountain of Youth
• Treatments With Adult
Stem Cells

6. Man Body Soul Spirit

7. “basic functional unit of life”

8. What is a Stem Cell?
“Stem cells are non-specialized
cells that have the capacity to
become all the different cell
types found in the body”

9. What is a Stem Cell?
• From one stem cell the entire human body is formed.
• Stem cells are the providers of new cells in the tissues
and organs of the body.
• Stem cells replace cells that die daily.
• They have the capacity to form different types of cells
• There are different types of stem cells characterized by
the tissue where they are found and by their capacity
to differentiate.
• Some types are likely to form tumors if used for
treatment of illnesses.

11. Embryonic Stem Cells

12. Ethics and Morals
• “Open discussion”
Psalms 139:16
Your eyes saw my unformed
body; all the days ordained for
me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
GOLMI – My Embryo

13. Adult Stem Cells
• They maintain and repair the tissue in which
they are found.
• They can regenerate themselves or
differentiatite into the tissue where they are
founf.
• The do not carry any moral or ethical
conditions.
• These are not more likely to form tumors than
the natural risk present in the healthy
population.

14. Where Can Adult Stem Cells Be Found

16. Illness and Aging
• When you are injure or become sick, your cells
die or become disfunctional.
• Aging is a manifestation of the internal
depletion of stem cells in the body.
• Without stem cells the human body cannot
survive.
• Adult stem cells can be used as treatment for
a diverse group of conditions.

17. Fountain
of Youth
Telomeres

20. Stem Cell Treatments
• Certified Therapies
– Bone marrow transplant
– Umbilical cord blood transplant
• Innovative Treatments
– Autologous activated adult mesenchymal stem
cell therapies derived from adipose tissue and
bone marrow.
– Skin derived iPSC treatments

22. The Future is Now
• Questions?

23. Homework
1. What is a stem cell, in your own
words.
2. What are 2 functions of stem
cells, in your own words.
3. How to stem cells relate to God?
4. What are the basic types of stem
cells?
5. How does the telomere have
anything to do with aging, and
what do you propose is the next
discovery needed to tap into this?