Clinical Research & Clinical Trials

Clinical research on stem cells and genetics

Stem cells are biological cells that can differentiate into other types of cells and divide to produce more of the same type of stem cell. They are found in multicellular organisms.  Adult stem cells and progenitor cells serve as the body's repair system, renewing adult tissues. In mammals, there are two types of stem cells: embryonic stem cells, which are separated from the inner cell mass of blastocysts, and adult stem cells, which are found in diverse tissues. Because genetics is the essential base of any creature, studying genetics will provide a powerful technique of discovering hereditary factors in illness aetiology. In recent years, genetic research has shifted from disorders caused by a single gene (for example, Huntington's disease) to common multi-factorial disorders (for example, hypertension) caused by interactions between inherited gene variants and environmental factors such as chemical, physical, biological, social, infectious, behavioural, or nutritional factors. Molecular genes were known to exist on chromosomes; however, chromosomes are made up of both protein and DNA, and scientists were unsure which of the two is in charge of heredity.