A little bit of history about cells

[Vanity]

Hey Everyone :)

I'm trying to find out the year on which ~stocks cells~ has been discovered? I'm really not sure about the english word... but in french we call them "cellules souches". I've search a bit on google but couldn't find anything.

Edit: Okay I found the correct english word, they are call Stem Cells. :tongue2:

Thanks!
- Alex

 

[Ouabache]

In 1968 the first bone marrow transplant was successfulling used for the treatment of SCID. In 1981 mouse embryonic stem cells were first isolated, in 1998 human embryonic stem cells were first characterized.

Hope this may help. It was posted by Monique for a previous thread.

Bone marrow may be described as somatic stem cells. The person who first coined the term http://www.ucsf.edu/research/stem_cells.html was Gail Martin, a developmental biologist at Univ of Cal - San Francisco, she co-discivered them in cell mouse studies in 1981.

 

[ravenprp]

Hi Alex!

Cells have been studied and observed for centuries, dating back to the 17th century when Robert Hooke first observed and named the "cells" in cork. However, the concept of stem cells, or "cellules souches" in French, was not discovered until much later. In 1868, German biologist Ernst Haeckel first proposed the idea of stem cells during his research on embryonic development. It wasn't until the mid-20th century that scientists began to understand and study stem cells more closely, leading to groundbreaking research and advancements in the field. So while the term "stem cells" may be relatively new, the concept has been around for over 150 years. I hope this helps!