Journal of Blood Disorders & Transfusion

Stem cells differentiation and probing their therapeutic applications in hematological disorders

3^rd International Conference on Hematology & Blood Disorders

November 02-04, 2015 Atlanta, USA

Faisal Hassan Hamoud Ali

Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Blood Disord Transfus

Abstract:

Numerous lines of evidence support that bone marrow is a rich source of stem cells that can be used for research purposes and to treat some complex blood diseases and cancers. Stem cells are mother cells that posses the capacity to become any type of cell in the body. Stem cells are cells without specific structure and characterized by their ability to self-renew or multiply while maintaining the potential to develop into other types of cells. Stem cells can normally become cells of the blood, heart, bones, skin, muscles or brain. Although, there are different sources of stem cells, all types of stem cells have the same capacity to develop into multiple types of cells. Stem cells are generally described as unspecialized cells with unlimited proliferation capacity that can divide (through mitosis) to produce more stem cells. Several types of adult stem cells have been characterized and can be cultured in vitro, including neural stem cells, hematopoietic stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, cardiac stem cells and epithelial stem cells. They are valuable as research tools and might, in the future, be used to treat a wide range of diseases such as hematological hereditary diseases, Parkinson�??s disease, diabetes, heart disease and many other diseases. Currently, two types of stem cells have been identified based on their origin, namely embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells. Collectively, although many literatures have studied stem cell application in terms of clinical practice, therapeutic stem cell still at infancy stage.

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