Kidney Cell Repair
May 28, 2019 | Terry Sharrer
Amniotic-fluid derived stem cells has several advantages over other stem cells (including embryonic stem cells) for regenerative medicine. They possess anti-inflammatory properties, do not invoke an immune response, and show little risk for causing cancer. For these reasons, researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine believe these cells can repair damaged kidneys. “[They] found that amniotic fluid stem cells injected into a diseased kidney in a pre-clinical model led to improvement of kidney function based on measured waste levels after 10 weeks. Biopsy findings showed reduced damage to the cluster of capillaries where waste products are filtered from the blood.” MORE
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