The present day living is diseased by stress and a unhealthy lifestyle. All this has resulted in the emergence of many new diseases which prove to be life threatening. If analyzed it can be seen that many of these seriousdiseases are directly related to our lifestyle. These diseases have surely kept scientists and researchers busy in order to find remedies for the same. Even though all of us are advocated of the advantages of a healthy lifestyle we all still manage to go around and play with our health. What we all need is a positive move towards healthy living. Most of us are scared and terrified of certain treatment procedures that are used to cure diseases . This is rightly so because of the dangerous side effects that most of the drugs have. But then till recently there was no other way. In order to get back to one’s healthy self one had to take respite in these medicines.
But now scientists have come up with a new class of cells. These cells are known as stem cells. Found in several places in the human body these stem cells have made the scientific fraternity very excited because of the unique properties that they have . Their ability used in Cell Therapy to self regenerate and differentiate into other cells have turned these stem cells into a strong weapon to ensure that we get rid of our ailments and get healthy soon.
These stem cells are usually of two types: embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells. As suggested from their names it can be very easily understood that embryonic stem cells are derived from embryo’s while adult stem cells come from adults.