What Are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are adult stem cells located through out the human body and can be transformed into different type of cells such as cartilage cell, bone cell and fat cells. Due to its ability to transform multi-directionally, MSCs have a crucial role in tissue regeneration and in fighting inflammation.

MSCs can be isolated from various tissues such as from bone marrow, adipose, umbilical cord, umbilical cord blood and placental. 

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Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs)

These cells were recruit to replenish damage areas and to ensure that the human body maintain its wellness and function.

Capabilities & Roles

MSCs are a multipotent cells or cells that can differentiate or transform to various type of specialized cell in the body. Upon receiving cues from damage and inflamed area, MSCs will activated and differentiate accordingly. This activation will aids in the regeneration and regrowth of damaged and aging tissue. MSCs are known to exhibit profound anti-inflammatory properties.

Ageing

However, with ageing MSCs capability decreases

MSCs are multipotent stem cells that can differentiate and form various type of cells.

STEM CELL AND AGEING

Stem Cell Therapy

Another specialities of MSCs is MSCs able to self-replicate itself and divide to generates more stem cells.

They are also capable of turning into specialised mature cells that make up our tissues and organs, hence able to repair injured tissues and replace cells that are lost every day

Why stem cell therapy?

Stem cells die over the time and do not replicate after certain times due to limited telomere activity. The ability of stem cells to regenerate and specialise into different cell types also deteriorates as they age. This will lead to health issues and various aging-associated disorders. Therefore, stem cell therapy has been widely investigated for its promising ability especially due to MSCs ability to self-regenerate, differentiate into several cell lineages and participate in immunomodulation.