How is cloning associated with stem cell research?
I need to know how cloning helps produce stem cells
Cloning can help with getting hematopoetic stem cell donors (the marrow registry). Bone marrow transplants are actually hematopoetic stem cell transplants because the marrow is stem cells by definition.. In fact, thats the only reason marrow transplants work. The transplant can use hematopoetic stem cells from 2 other sources as well… peripheral blood and cord blood.
Many people refuse to sign up for the marrow registry because of how invasive it is to donate. However, if they used cloning, they could only pull out a small amount of marrow with conscious sedation instead of an invasive surgical procedure under general anesthesia. The small amount of cells collected could then be cloned, and they would have enough for a transplant.
For peripheral blood stem cell donation, all they would need to do is take a small blood sample and then clone the cells instead of using aphersis cycles.
With cord blood, one unit is only enough to transplant a small child. One birth only gives one unit. They could take the cells, clone them, and then have enough to transplant an adult
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