BiotechnologyThe application of technology

to improve a biological organism

Where can we find biotechnology?

Stem cells in biotechnology

Self renewal maintains the stem cell pool

Differentiation replaces dead or damaged cells throughout your life

Sources: Embryonic Adult - are less versatile, difficult

to identify, isolate & purify Fetal Umbilical – source of all blood

cells

How stem cell therapy works and current therapies

1) Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (“HSCT”)

2) Treating baldness3) Growing stem cells from patient’s plucked hair

into skin for burn victims4) Treating diabetes5) Blindness (Corneal disease)6) Parkinson disease7) Brain damage treatment8) Missing tooth9) Reparing kidneys10)Deafness/hearing loss11)Orthopedia12)Heart damage