The research team from the University of Kyoto has developed a way to produce safe stem cells. This is reported today by the Tokyo press, according to the Internet publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old Pannochka. Net The danger of stem cells grown in the traditional way is that one of their key genes stimulates uncontrolled cell division, and therefore can cause cancer. Japanese scientists managed to replace this important gene with a similar structure, but not having a harmful predecessor property.

The effectiveness of technology has proved experiment on laboratory mice. About 70% of those animals, which were transplanted with old-style stem cells, already 400 days after their birth suffered from cancer.

At the same time, in those mice that received new cells, there were no malignant tumors until the age of 700 days.

A feature of stem cells is their ability to transform into virtually any type of cell that exists in the body. Modern medicine has high hopes for the use of stem cells. It is expected that with their help. Already in the near future it will be possible to carry out operations to replace the lost organs, "growing" them from the patient's stem cells.

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