Nearly 100 medical treatments are currently available through various stem cell therapies, over 2,000 patients a year benefit from these procedures, and an unknown number of medical treatments are yet to be discovered by scientists.  Researchers have discovered that stem cells could cure severe medical disorders in the very near future.  Stem cells offer potential cures for Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Juvenile Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis, ALS, spinal cord injury, certain forms of cancer and even heart disease.  To benefit from the recent advances in medical research, your stem cells must be saved today.

There are many ways in which human stem cells can be used in basic research and in clinical research.  However, there are many technical hurdles between the promise of stem cells and the realization of these uses, which will only be overcome by continued intensive stem cell research.  StemStore Technologies actively supports scientific research into the many potential medical treatments possible through the use of stem cells.

Some of the most serious medical conditions, such as cancer and birth defects, are due to abnormal cell division and differentiation.  A better understanding of
the genetic and molecular controls of these processes may yield information about how such diseases arise and suggest new strategies for therapy.  A significant hurdle to this use is that scientists do not yet fully understand the signals that turn specific genes on and off to influence the differentiation of the stem cell.  Stem cell research offers invaluable answers into the understanding of normal and abnormal cell division and differentiation.  Potential medical treatments for cancer and many birth defects are possible through stem cell research.

Perhaps the most important potential application of human stem cells is the generation of cells and tissues that could be used for cell-based therapies.  Today, donated organs and tissues are often used to replace ailing or destroyed tissue, but the need for transplantable tissues and organs far outweighs the available supply.  Stem cells, directed to differentiate into specific cell types, offer the possibility of a renewable source of replacement cells and tissues to treat diseases including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.  StemStore Technologies actively supports scientific research into this research.