Study Revealed Fallopian Tubes Can be Source of Stem Cells
According to a study done at the University Sao Paulo’s Human Genome Research Centre and the doctors of the University’s reproductive surgery department, Fallopian tubes from hysterectomies can be potential sources of stem cell.
According to the doctors who conducted the study, the Fallopian tubes can yield mesenchymal stem cells. This type of stem cells can be used to develop different types of cells. Other “discards” from surgeries such as umbilical cords and fat tissue can be used to extract the stem cells which can be used to develop fat, bon, cartilage and muscle tissues. This is what prompted the doctors from the University of Sao Paulo to look for other possible sources of stem cells. Getting stem cells from “biological discards” does not pose any ethical questions unlike harvesting stem cells from human embryos.
The team who conducted the study used fallopian tubes that were discarded from hysterectomies and other surgical procedures. The fallopian tubes were from patients aged 35-55 who were fertile and had not been under any hormone treatments for at least 3 months before the surgery. The team extracted the mesenchamyl stem cells from the fallopian tubes and found that they were easy to expand in-vitro so that they can be turned into bone, muscles, fat and cartilage cell lines. The doctors did not find any abnormalities in the new cell lines that were developed from the fallopian tubes. This suggests that the stem cells had stable chromosomes.
The Sao Paolo Human Genome Research Centre is directed by Dr. Mayana Zatz.
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