It Started with a Canine: Adult Stem Cell and Cloning
The use of adult stem cells to cure sickness among out canine companions is common nowadays. Veterinarian clinics have been performing stem cell renewal to address dogs ailing due to old age, arthritis, or broken bones.
Several mammals, like cows, sheep, mice, horse, mule, rabbits, have been cloned using almost the same process similar to adult stem cell. Clone means that two organisms have the same DNA construct or the same genome. Blastocysts are obtained, they are also called pre-embryo and is mass of undifferentiated cells.
Each of the obtained blastocysts has the potential to generate an individual, but that is not a goal. The goal is to use these undifferentiated cells, also called embryonic stem cells, to generate any time of issue. This stock of stem cells can then be used to treat diseases. You can call this therapeutic cloning.
Much research is being done in developing therapeutic cloning. When developed it can be used against life-threatening disease such as AIDS, Parkinsons disease, Alzheimers disease, diabetes and other sicknesses. How could it work? Alzheimers disease results into...