Failure as a Chance for Research
People going through fertility treatments understand that there are no guarantees of success, and the complications can be very hard to predict ahead of time. For instance, the embryos created through the IVF process might be harmed and therefore deemed useless. Yet, groundbreaking new technology suggests these embryos can be used as a source for stem cell research, thus saving the embryos from becoming medical waste. Instead, these embryos can offer hope for future medical breakthroughs.
A Reason for Everything
Since low quality embryos created in the course of IVF are often discarded, scientists believe they can be used as an acceptable source of stem cell research without raising ethical dilemmas. The embryonic cell line can grow and endlessly divide outside the body. This allows for research that could mean greater advancement to many medical fields, including the process of assisted fertility. Better still is the idea that even an embryo that has failed to develop normally, has important value. This concept could be a source of comfort to those in the midst of the sometimes-harrowing process of trying to conceive.
The study of cell lines allows a deeper understanding of diseases and their formations, and therefore offers the potential for finding new medicine. Though maintaining correct conditions that allow the cell tissue culture to thrive can be difficult, the importance of the potential research makes the ability to transport them crucial. Great pains are taken to enable shipping cell lines internationally.
The ability to transport this biomed material is a breakthrough in itself, since it can deliver the delicate cell lines to research teams all over the world. At Babysteps Biomed Couriers, experienced scientists assist in the transport of medical specimen. Find out about our work here, and put your precious cargo in our skillful hands.
