BRAINCAKEUses of Stem Cells
Heart disease - there has been some success in using stem cells to replaceheart muscle tissue which has been damaged in a heart attack.
Type 1 diabetes - experiments regenerating insulin-producing cells of the pancreas that have been destroyed by the immune system have had some success.
Parkinson's disease - stems cells might be useful in replacing the dopamine producing cells in the brain.
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