Growing your own urine could be, in the not too distant future, an effective way to obtain stem cells to cure all kinds of diseases , according to a study conducted by the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University (USA) and published in the journal Stem Cells .
Yuanyuan Zhang and his colleagues obtained stem cells from human urine from 17 different individuals, whose ages ranged from 5 to 75 years, and which were shown to be capable of transforming not only into bladder muscle and endothelial cells, but also into cells that form bone, cartilage, fat, skeletal muscle, nerve tissue, skin, and blood cells . "In theory they are an inexhaustible source of autologous cells to treat urinary incontinence or erectile dysfunction, but also to repair other organs and fight neurodegenerative diseases.
In addition to the advantages of this new source of stem cells, it does not represent any type of risk, since when the cells were implanted from the urine in the patients, they did not show signs of developing tumors. Without forgetting that its obtaining is extremely simple, cheap and fast, and that it avoids surgical interventions.
