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The number of connective tissue cells in a given heart increases from 1 x 10(9) just after birth to 5 x 10(9) in adults, reaching its maximum of 10 x 10(9) in extremely hypertrophied hearts. The number of heart muscle cells is 2 x 10(9) in normal hearts of children and adults, and may rise to 4 x 10(9) in excessively hypertrophied hearts.
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∙ 11y agoFrom what I am finding, stem cells are something used to help fix or regenerate the heart. As far as I know, there are very few or none at all naturally in the human heart.
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∙ 11y agoThere are an estimated 75 trillion cells that make up the adult human body. The structure and function of each cell depends on the location within the body.
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How are stem cells trnsplanted?
Stem cells are cells that have not specialised. Specialist cells can only be the one thing that they are specialised for; ie, you cannot turn skin cells into a heart, or liver cells into a brain. Stem cells have not specialised and can therefore become any type of cell. I am not sure how they are stimulated to become one kind or another, but they can. Adult stem cells are not as good as embryonic stem cells, but because harvesting embryonic stem cells requires the destruction of a human embryo it is banned in many countries.
How Can stem cells repair a damaged heart?
Stem cells can repair a damaged heart by turning into new cardiac cells to replace the damaged tissue.
Where at in the human body are stem cells?
There are adult stem cells and there are embryonic stem cells. Adult stem cells are found in many body tissues such as in the brain, neural stem cells, and in bone marrow. Also the embryonic stem cells, as you can tell by the name, are from the embryo which starts to develop into more recognizable specialized stem cells within three to four weeks after fertilization.
Can you get stem cells from a cow?
You could get bovine stem cells from a cow. These could be useful if you are trying to study stem cells themselves, however most stem cell research is for the purpose of human medicine. For medical applications bovine stem cells would not be of much use as they are significantly different from human stem cells.
Which type of stem cell are human blood stem cells?
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How are stem cells trnsplanted?
Stem cells are cells that have not specialised. Specialist cells can only be the one thing that they are specialised for; ie, you cannot turn skin cells into a heart, or liver cells into a brain. Stem cells have not specialised and can therefore become any type of cell. I am not sure how they are stimulated to become one kind or another, but they can. Adult stem cells are not as good as embryonic stem cells, but because harvesting embryonic stem cells requires the destruction of a human embryo it is banned in many countries.
What are unspecialized human cells called?
They are called stem cells.
When was Human Stem Cells Institute created?
Human Stem Cells Institute was created in 2003.
How Can stem cells repair a damaged heart?
Stem cells can repair a damaged heart by turning into new cardiac cells to replace the damaged tissue.
Are stem cells human?
Yes, some stem cells do come from humans. The stem cells are taken from embryos. Animals also have stem cells used in research.
Where at in the human body are stem cells?
There are adult stem cells and there are embryonic stem cells. Adult stem cells are found in many body tissues such as in the brain, neural stem cells, and in bone marrow. Also the embryonic stem cells, as you can tell by the name, are from the embryo which starts to develop into more recognizable specialized stem cells within three to four weeks after fertilization.
Are stem cells artificial cells?
No. Stem cells occur naturally in the human body. However we are trying to clone stem cells to aid in there research.
Can you get stem cells from a cow?
You could get bovine stem cells from a cow. These could be useful if you are trying to study stem cells themselves, however most stem cell research is for the purpose of human medicine. For medical applications bovine stem cells would not be of much use as they are significantly different from human stem cells.
Which type of stem cell are human blood stem cells?
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What part of the stem stem cells provides instructions for building the heart?
Its DNA.
What are stem cells described as?
stem cells are described as cells part of the embryo where fertilized human egg cells have 23 pairs of chromosomes
Are Adult stem cells as useful as Embrionic stem cells?
Yes and No. The only big difference is the procedures used in harvesting adult stem cells is considered legal and safe. There's no need to kill a human embryo. Adult stem cells can be harvested from cord blood or human bone marrow. But embryonic stem cells are able to make more kinds of cells than adult stem cells.
