Theraputic Uses of Stem Cells and Cancer Flashcards
1
Q
How do you grow stem cells and use them to treat a patient?
A
Remove stem cells from a patient, culture them in a lab and then put them back into the part where you removed them from.
2
Q
Name therapeutic uses of stem cells?
A
To treat cancer, to treat corneal damage
3
Q
Name some future uses of stem cells?
A
Treat Parkinsons, Alzheimer’s and MS
4
Q
What is Cancer?
A
An uncontrolled growth of cells.
5
Q
Why do cancer cells divide uncontrollably?
A
They do not respond to regulatory signals
6
Q
How would you recognise a tumour
A
A mass of undifferentiated cells
7
Q
Why does Cancer sometimes spread?
A
The cancer cells fail to attach to one another and spread throughout the body (via the bloodstream) and form secondary tumours
