Diabetes
Condition in which blood sugar levels are abnormally high
U.S. government entity that is responsible for regulating pharmaceutical drugs, treatments and therapies
Exosome therapy has currently only been conducted on these non-human entities
What are animals?
This symptom of a stroke causes parts of the body to lose feeling or experience a tingling sensation
What is numbness?
The process of introducing modified cells into a patient for therapeutic use
What is transplantation?
Important sugar used as main energy source for the body
What is glucose?
Main source of natural pluripotent stem cells
What are embryos?
What are blastocysts?
Exosome therapy is administered in this manner
What is intravenously?
Ischemic stroke is ranked this number as the leading cause of death in the U.S.
What is fifth?
The hormone produced in the pancreas that regulates amounts of glucose in the blood
What is insulin?
Condition in which blood sugar levels are abnormally low
What is hypoglycemia?
Ability of cells to mature into a specific cell group such as ectoderm, endoderm, or mesoderm
Adult stem cells that will mature into cells of the same lineage as its progenitor
What is multipotent?
This semipermeable border protects the brain form any potential toxins and pathogens
What is the blood-brain barrier (BBB)?
The disease in which the body does not produce enough or respond normally to insulin
What is diabetes mellitus?
Location in the body where insulin is produced
Where is the pancreas?
Type of stem cell that can become any type of cell in the body
What is pluripotent?
In addition to neurogenesis and neurite remodeling, MSC-Exo therapy enhances this additional new growth mechanism
What is angiogenesis?
What is growth of new blood vessels?
In this amount of time, a person dies from a stroke
What is every 4 minutes?
The process of inducing cells into a pluripotent state
What is reprogramming?
The type of mature cells are responsible for triggering the secretion of insulin when blood glucose levels rise
What are beta pancreatic cells?
Self-renewing, multipotent progenitors that can be isolated from various tissues
What is mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)?
Mesenchymal Stem Cell property that makes it ideal for isolating exosomes
What is prolific producers?
In this amount of time, a person suffers a stroke
What is every 40 seconds?
Blood vessels leading to the brain become blocked and triggers cell death and destruction of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) with this health response
What is an ischemic stroke?