International Journal of Oral Health Sciences and Advances
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 2

Stem cells: “pro-life paves the path for life” - A review

  • Author:
  • Sonam Kohli, Amandeep Kour, Trisha Rastogi, Sunil Kumar
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 33 to 38

*Sr. Resident, Department of Dental Surgery, ASCOMS Hospital, J&K

**Sr. Resident, Department of Dental Surgery, ASCOMS Hospital, J&K

***Sr. lecturer, Department of Oral medicine and Radiology, D. J. College of Dental Sciences and Research, Modinagar

****Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral medicine and Radiology, D. J. College of Dental Sciences and Research, Modinagar

Online published on 5 September, 2015.

Abstract

There has been a necessity for natural and functional substitutes for lost tissues including the teeth and its supportive structures. The diverse fields of tissue engineering, material science, nanotechnology, and stem cell biology have converged synergistically to provide unprecedented opportunities to characterize and manipulate signalling cascades regulating tissue and organ regeneration. This has revolutionized the health care practice. Stem cells can be coaxed into developing specific tissues or organs to replace ones that have been lost due to disease or disorders.

Keywords

Self Renewal, Potency, Markers