Stem Cells May Aid in Researching Brain Tumors

By Rob Sutter


Researching brain tumors has piqued my interest lately, especially with the amount of information that exists and continually grows. Researchers are hard at work, making certain that the information seen is put to good use. The procedures that are created are meant to target the tumors in question and they are continuously built upon so that they are made better. The stem cells which come from the body may just play a bigger part on the matter than any of us have realized before, though.

I didn't know much about the potential stem cells had until I learned more about the late Christopher Reeve when I was younger. Once known for his role as Superman, an accident rendered him paralyzed from the neck down, which led him to become involved in stem cell research. Brooke Ellison is another noteworthy name linked to the cause, as she was rendered handicapped because of an accident of her own. Cancer seems to be another area in which these cells can be utilized and allow theories to grow as well.

Those who are researching brain tumors may have found new information regarding these cells, as an article on Medical Daily reported. The way that this would work is that the stem cells would be utilized alongside body fat tissue in order to track the brain regions of the brain. More specifically, they would be the ones which were prone to remission after the tumors were cleared. This procedure should definitely grab the attention of organizations like Voices Against Brain Cancer.

I think that these cells can work to slow cancer and it goes back to their natural ability to travel to the brain, the most harmed areas in particular. However, without any true substance for treatment seen, how exactly are they going to help the brain after surgery? The article referred to how the cells have the potential to transport a variety of drugs throughout that portion of the body. If you're talking about methods which target conditions at the source, this might be one of the finest.

It will take a number of years until trials are performed in terms of this finding but I think that we're slowly unveiling more layers of this matter. The stem cells from one's body fat seem to react to this cancer as they move freely throughout the brain, moving especially to the regions which the cancer struck the most. It's apparent that we're learning more and more about cancer as time goes on. These types of findings are what will, in time, benefit the people responsible for researching brain tumors.




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