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Medicine of 21st century
"All diseases begin at cell level" proclaimed the famous German scientist Rudolf Virchov in the 19th. Century. The 21st. Century is a century of biomedicine, cell biology and molecular medicine. It is a century of cells. Pluripotent stem cells offer the possibility of a renewable source of replacement cells and tissues to treat a myriad of diseases, conditions, and disabilities including Parkinson"s a disease and Alzheimer"s disease, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Stem cell research offers enormous potential for major advances in clinical therapy. Stem cells could be used to replace missing or damaged cells in important diseases. Today, donated organs and tissues are often used to replace those that are diseased or destroyed. Unfortunately, the number of people needing a transplant far exceeds the number of organs available for transplantation.
The Power of Cell technologies Is Capturing the Public’s Imagination
Medical Torism Magazine, January/February 2010, by Enes Hodzic
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Less than 1% of people who sustain significant injury to their spinal cord recover complete neurological function and many of these injuries result in partial or complete paralysis. 












