It is no stretch to say over the next few decades, as we are able to learn more about stem cells, we will see them become part of many modern medical treatments; giving hope to many facing currently untreatable and often life- threatening illnesses.
Key areas of research for future therapies include:
- stroke and traumatic brain injury
- blindness
- deafness
- baldness
- spinal cord injury
- lung and breast cancers
- chronic lung disease in premature babies
- acute heart damage
- motor neurone disease
- liver cirrhosis
- diabetes
- uterine disorders
- prostate disease
- muscular dystrophy
- osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
- genetic bone disease
- multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders