Stem Cells affect on scar tissue?

CarbonRobot

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I think embryonic stem cells can literally turn into everything in ways even adult stem cells cannot. But does this include scar tissue? Or is scar tissue different? Can stem cells be useful helping healing in areas where scar tissue has formed or would scars be cloned? If so, can that be prevented? Perhaps certain types of stem cells can avoid scaring?

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biolove

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A deep enough cut will form a scar which consists of fibrous tissue that replaces dermal tissue after an injury. In theory, placing pluripotent stem cells on an injury should heal the scar completely, but where could you get them? Unless you reprogram a somatic cell into a stem cells, using random stem cells may incite an immune response.

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CarbonRobot Author

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Quote from: biolove (3 years ago)

I don't know much about stem cell research, but my concern is stem cells duplicating scar tissue. Namely retina scar tissue from retina diseases. They think mammal eyes have a transient cell type that might be be able to turn into stem cells with gene therapy. But I worry it could do more harm if it merely creates more of scar tissue that is already present.

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