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प्रश्न
What is the importance of stem cells in medical science?
उत्तर
Stem cells are used in regenerative therapy and organ transplantation.
- Cell therapy: In case of medical conditions like myocardial infarction, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, etc., stem cells are used to replace dead cells.
- In conditions like anemia, thalassemia and leukemia, where blood count is affected, stem cells are used to produce new blood cells. This is known as regenerative cell therapy.
- Advances in research may make it possible to produce organs like liver or kidney from stem cells to be used for transplantation in case of organ failure.
संबंधित प्रश्न
What are stem cells?
Write the correct answer in blank circles.
At the earliest stage of development, the organism is in the form of a mass of a cell, which are almost alike, those cells are called ____________.
____________ are present in the umbilical cord by which the foetus is joined to the uterus of the mother.
For the purpose of preservation stem cell samples are kept in __________.
Find an odd one out.
Give scientific reason.
Stem cells are extremely important in regenerative therapy.
State two types of stem cells.
Observe the following figure and answer the questions.
- Which property of stem cell is shown in the figure?
- Write the name of the cells or organs denoted by X and Y.
- What is the benefit of tissue/organ culture from stem cells?
Observe the given figure and answer the following questions.
- What is shown in the figure?
- What can the stem cells make in this figure?
- What can these stem cells transform into?
Identify the given figure and label it.
Explain the statement.
The revolutionary phenomenon in biotechnology after cloning is stem cell research.
Name the types of stem cells
Distinguish between
undifferentiated cells and differentiated cells
How are stem cells useful in regenerative process?
- Which process is shown in the given diagram?
- What is the importance of this process?
- Which organs can be transplanted by this process?
