Progress in Stem Cell Frontier

Authors

  • Tahir Shamsi Consultant Haematologist and Transplant Physician, Chief Stem Cell Transplant Programme, National Institute of Blood Diseases & Bone Marrow Transplantation, ST-2/A, Block 17, Sir Shah Sulaiman Road, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan.

Abstract

Human life starts when a sperm combines with an  ovum and forms a fertilised egg. This cell and its immediate descendents, are called "totipotent stem cells". During first 8 weeks of human life, embryonic stage, the embryo is made of specialised "embryonic
stem cells†also called “pluripotent stem cells†that can form just about every cell except the placenta. In the course of human development a single fertilised egg, ultimately gives rise to more than 200 cell types (blood cells, neural (brain) cells, liver cells etc) which make up the human body. This process, whereby less

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Published

2012-04-17

How to Cite

Shamsi, T. . (2012). Progress in Stem Cell Frontier. Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences (JDUHS), 6(1), 1–2. Retrieved from https://mail.jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/1516

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1

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Editorial

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