Launch of a website boosts the research in the field of stem cell therapy

There has been launched a new website to educate people about the stem cells and their research. It just requires few clicks and the new website opens which is a school for the public providing knowledge of stem cell technology. About fifty years ago two researchers from Toronto confirmed for the very first time that stem cells really exist that led to a major change in the medicine history. The new site Stem cell city has been created by McEwen Regenerative Medicine Centre. It will inform people about the tiny tissue generating powerhouses in the body. It will teach how these powerhouses can defeat the chronic disease in the body such as lung and heart disease.

The site has been launched after understanding the need of informing people about this issue. It has been observed that people are still unaware about what the stem cells are and their different types as quoted by the director of this centre of McEwen Dr. Gordon Keller. The site can be called as a virtual tour of the lab of the centers which allows the visitors to search for the topics of personal interest and even ask queries from the researchers. They will be also able to get updates related to the stem cell research done in disease of their interest. Stem cells are known as the unspecialized cells which have the capacity to renew into unlimited number and develop into some wide variety of specialized cells such as heart, liver, muscle, brain and pancreatic cells.

The government of McGuinty granted $27 million for the funding of the stem cells study that later on collaborated with the California governor Arnold. McGuinty said that the site for deriving embryonic cells has unleashed the inner scientist inside him that has given the inspiration to help for this noble cause. It is hoped that one day even the people having spinal injuries would be treated successfully. Embryonic stem cells are known as the most powerful. The scientists are also looking for other sources to extract stem cells as the embryonic research still remains a concern. California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Chairman Robert Klein has already said that there is being conducting a large deal of research to discover some others stem cell therapy against bulk of diseases affecting the human.

One among them is for macular degeneration, a disease under which people above 65 start suffering from blindness. The motive of McEwen centre is to explain to the layman what actually happens in a Petri-dish under lab conditions. However, the main concern of people always remains the future. The stem cells that generate other body cells can be allowed to undergo testing to determine if it brings any adverse affects. The stem cells taken from the patient give rise to the liver, heart, lung and blood cells matching them. This has given rise to a new hope among scientists that one day they would be growing entire kidney, liver and heart in the lab. The launch of the website concurs to the annual meeting for research on cells carried out by Stem Cells International Society. The four day conference that held in Toronto brought about 4000 participants from the entire world.