C?lulas madres, lo m?s avanzado en dopaje deportivoNoticia

ingresada el 2009-08-20 por jrcespedes

Para los deportistas, las c?lulas madres tienen muchas m?s posibilidades que las de curar enfermedades y salvar vidas: podr?an sanar lesiones, aumentar la fuerza y la resistencia y proporcionar una ventaja enorme sobre los competidores.

 

Si con esto se crea la impresi?n de que las c?lulas madres podr?an ser el nuevo avance en el dopaje deportivo, es porque se trata precisamente de ello.

 

"Una derivaci?n de las c?lulas madres podr?a generar superdeportistas", dijo Paul Griffiths, director gerente de CryoGenesis International, que almacena sangre de cordones umbilicales para su posible uso terap?utico m?s adelante.

 

Griffiths cree que la inyecci?n de c?lulas madres en m?sculos sanos podr?a aumentar su tama?o e incluso devolverles su capacidad juvenil.

 

"Podr?a hallarse un hombre de 40 a?os con las piernas de uno de 20", dijo Griffiths.

 

Si bien podr?an faltar a?os para llegar a esas aplicaciones, la sola posibilidad plantea interrogantes acerca del dopaje en el deporte.

 

El deporte profesional est? envuelto en esta discusi?n desde que el ganador de la Tour de Francia, Floyd Landis, y el campe?n ol?mpico y mundial de los 100 metros llanos Justin Gatlin dieron positivo para sustancias prohibidas.

 

Los cient?ficos estudian las consecuencias de la nueva tecnolog?a y las autoridades deportivas tendr?n que decidir la actitud a tomar.

 

Al igual que el dopaje gen?tico, que consiste en introducir genes en c?lulas humanas para combinarlos con el ADN del deportista, se cree que las c?lulas madres del atleta podr?an reinyectarse en su organismo. Los poderes regeneradores de la c?lulas madres ofrecen innumerables posibilidades para incrementar la resistencia, la velocidad, la flexibilidad y la fuerza.

 

Entre los clientes de la compa??a de Griffiths hay cinco futbolistas profesionales que guardan en su banco las c?lulas madres congeladas de los cordones umbilicales de sus hijos. Si bien el objetivo principal de los jugadores _a los que no identific?_ es dar a sus hijos una suerte de "seguro de vida biol?gico", no se pueden descartar otros usos posibles.

 

Estudios experimentales en Estados Unidos hallaron que las c?lulas madres regeneraron los ligamentos de rodillas en cabras _se cree que la estructura es similar a la humana_ en 12 semanas. Si fuera posible aplicar esta t?cnica a seres humanos, los deportistas sin duda se sentir?an tentados.

 

"Aunque fueran apenas cuatro o cinco a?os m?s de carrera, para un deportista podr?a representar millones de d?lares", dijo Griffiths.

Credit: Nacion.com

Very interesting...

 

...If I could read spanish.

Baxter, you know I don't speak spanish.

Well the article says that stem cells can be used to make super athletes. A guy with 40 year old legs can get some of a 20 year old. There is a guy who has clinic and he says 5 guys have already the umbilical cord of their kids. He didnt say who were the guys.

Does anyone know who the 5 soccer players are?

 

btw why is this in the baseball section

At least use google translator to translate it before posting it.

 

 

edit: nevermind, I did it.....

 

Cells mothers, the most advanced in deportivoNoticia dopaje entered the 2009-08-20 by jrcespedes For the sportsmen, the cells mothers have many more possibilities than those to cure diseases and to save lives: they could heal injuries, increase to the force and the resistance and provide an enormous advantage on the competitors. If with this the impression that is created the cells mothers could be the new advance in the sport dopaje, is because it is indeed it. ?A derivation of the cells mothers could generate supersportsmen?, said to Paul Griffiths, managing director of CryoGenesis International, that stores umbilical cord blood for its possible therapeutic use advanced more. Griffiths thinks that the injection of cells healthy muscle mothers could increase its size and to even give back its youthful capacity to them. ?A man of 40 years with the legs of one of 20 Could be?, said Griffiths. Although they could lack years to arrive at those applications, the single possibility raises questions about the dopaje in the sport. The professional sport is surrounded in this discussion since the winner of the Tour of France, Floyd Landis, and the Olympic and world-wide champion of the 100 level meters Justin Gatlin gave positive for prohibited substances. The scientists study the consequences of the new technology and the sport authorities will have to decide the attitude to take. Like the genetic dopaje, that consists of introducing genes in human cells to combine them with the DNA of the sportsman, thinks that the cells mothers of the athlete could be reinyectar in their organism. The regenerative powers of the cells mothers offer innumerable possibilities to increase the resistance, the speed, the flexibility and the force. Between the clients of the company of Griffiths there are five professional soccer players who keep in their bank the cells congealed mothers from umbilical cords from their children. Although the primary target of the players _a those that identific?_ is not to give to its children a luck of ?biological insurance of life?, cannot be discarded other possible uses. Experimental studies in the United States found that the cells mothers regenerated the ligaments of knees in goats _se thinks that the structure is similar to humana_ in 12 weeks. If outside possible to apply to this technique human beings, the sportsmen without a doubt would feel attemped. ?Although they were hardly four or five years more of race, for a sportsman he could represent million dollars?, said Griffiths.