How To Extract Stem Cells

Name: How To Extract Stem Cells
Uploaded: 2025-03-18T16:00:08+00:00
Duration: 33 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: Dr. Charles Mok explains the main types of stem cells: hematopoietic cells from bone marrow that form blood, mesenchymal cells that build bone and…

18 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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Dr. Charles Mok explains the main types of stem cells: hematopoietic cells from bone marrow that form blood, mesenchymal cells that build bone and muscle, and neural cells in the brain. He walks through a bone-marrow extraction: local anesthesia, a small incision near the hip, and drilling to collect the cells.

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There's hemopoietic stem cells, which are the ones that are in the bone marrow for blood cells. And we're mostly going to talk about something called a mesenchymal or mesenchymal stem cells. People pronounce it different ways, but these are stem cells that are for most of the tissues in our body, such as bone, skin, muscles, cardiac tissue, liver. And then there's stem cells that are maybe more specific for the brain and other neurologic tissues. So the stem cells can be harvested from different areas. The most common form of stem cell therapy has traditionally been from the bone marrow. So they would make a little incision. They numb your skin up and make a little incision and say your hip, put a little drill and take out stem cells.