What Is the Difference Between
Implantation of Stem Cell Transplants of Human Versus Animal Origin?
Stem cell transplants can be manufactured for clinical
use from fetuses of any member of animal kingdom, from Homo Sapiens to
fish.
The frontal lobe of brain is the sole body part unique
to man, and absent in all animals, so that when cells of the frontal lobe of
brain would be necessary for stem cell transplantation, they would have to be
procured from human fetus. (There is no clear indication for the use of frontal
lobe neurons in stem cell transplantation yet.)
Stem cell transplantation can be used already
today for treatment of thousands of sick people suffering from diseases that
cannot be cured or even treated by any other therapy. They can be prepared
in unlimited quantities, and ultimately at low cost.
It has been, and will be, hard to develop stem cell
transplantation as a therapeutic method if there is enough material to treat
only a few patients: this situation has been slowing down progress for many
years.
Xeno-transplantation means the transplantation of live
cells, tissues, or organs between the species, in our case from animals to
humans, or reverse.
Allo-transplantation means a transplantation within
species, e.g. from a man to a man, or from horse to a horse, etc.
