Abstract Sickle-cell disease is a genetic disorder that results from the abnormal structure of red blood cells. The peculiar shape of the red blood cell prevents the normal absorption of oxygen. This disease results from the abnormal production of hemoglobin S (HbS). Therefore‚ a mutation in this gene causes a lower supply of oxygen to the cells‚ which results in occlusion of the blood vessels. Individuals diagnosed with sickle-cell anemia have abnormal function of the gene that encodes for subunit
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Stem Cell Research: Should we continue to allow scientists to create new embryonic stem cell lines? Good morning everyone. The topic of Stem Cell Research has been argued over by politicians‚ scientists and people all over the world for over a decade. Scientists should not be allowed to continue to create new embryonic stem cell lines. One of the ways to obtain stem cells for scientific research is to destroy a blastocyst (laboratory-fertilized human egg). Destroying the blastocyst is the equivalent
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Should cell phones be allowed in school? Yes. They should be allowed in school. Used in class‚ yes. They must have it on vibrator thought and can’t answer it while a teacher is talking. And you can’t disturb you class. In other words‚ someone in "Twee tribune" believes that cell phones should be allowed in school but a good handle full of students believes that cell phones should not. Cell phones are an electronic device that is used to make mobile telephone calls across a wide geographic area
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Cell Phone Technology The cell phone technology that is ever changing by the day was scientifically invented and born back in the early 1980’s. Science was the main key to the birth of the cell phone which was put together by the Motorola Company who today is still making cell phones. Before the cell phone came out the car phone was the first mobile phone which were very large and had to be hooked up to a briefcase which supplied the power for the mobile phone. Science was the utilized to create
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answer. b) Stem cells. A relative of a friend of yours had a spinal cord injury after a bad car accident. The medical team has decided that this patient is a good candidate for a clinical trial using stem cell therapy. Your friend has not had a biology course since high school‚ so you are going to write for him or her a two-page discussion of stem cell information. In your discussion‚ include a description of the biology of stem cells‚ and explain how these cells are unique in their
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Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Should Not Be Banned According to John A. Robertson‚ co-chair of the ethics committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine‚ “In November 1998‚ a team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin and a team at Jonhs Hopkins University published reports of the first successful isolation and culturing of human ES cells”(qtd. in Ruse and Pynes‚ 121). For over a decade‚ many researchers have thought that human embryonic stem cells could be the “Holy
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Stem Cell Research Stem cell research has been happening for 30 or more years through bone marrow transplants‚ but has only been a major debate for about the past ten years with the first isolation of embryonic stem cells (UMichigan). According to a popular issues website the definition of stem cells is‚ "… contrasted with "differentiated" cells. They offer much hope for medical advancement because of their ability to grow into almost any kind of cell” (Pros and Cons…). One of the main debates
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structure of a cell to is a car. The reason I choose to do a car is because it is very similar to the structure of a cell and because to me it was the most interesting choice to choose from. Another reason I choose to compare the cell to a car is because it seemed to be the easiest one for me to do as compared to a Hogwarts or a city. Doing a house or a prison would have also been fairly easy but they were already picked by the people at my table. That wars why I choose to compare the human cell to an automobile
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multicellular organisms‚ the cells that make up their respective organisms have different structures depending on their function. The process in which cells get specialized is known as differentiation. Unspecialized cells‚ known as stem cells‚ can be called upon to replace damaged or aging tissues‚ or create new tissue for growth. An example of specialization can be found with blood cells. Every blood cell originates from the bone marrow‚ starting as a unspecialized stem cell known as a multipotential
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Stem cells are pluripotent cells present in all living organisms. These cells can differentiate into any type of cell‚ including nerves and cardiac muscle. The scientific community is very excited about the possibility of these undifferentiated cells being used to treat conditions such as spinal cord injuries‚ diabetes‚ and cancer. Despite the enormous potential for medical advancements‚ controversy surrounds the sources and methods of acquiring stem cells and the possible improper uses of the knowledge
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