Topic: Allowing Stem Cell Research Specific Purpose: To persuade people who are against stem cell research to see the good in it. Intended Audiences: People against stem cell research. Thesis Statement: Stem cell research may lead to the cure to all sorts of diseases‚ including diabetes‚ cancer‚ and many others. Introduction Attention/Grabber/Credibility Material: Are you someone who suffers from a life threatening disease like cancer? If not‚ do you know someone who had or still has it?
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BLOOD CELLS Red blood cell also known as erythrocytes make up 45% of blood volume lacks nucleus and contains the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin‚ which is a pigment that gives whole blood its red colour. Erythrocytes are produced inside of red bone marrow. Its main function is to distribute oxygen to body tissue‚ and carry waste carbon dioxide back to lungs. In addition to its key role in transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide‚ haemoglobin also plays a role in the regulation of blood flow and blood
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Questions for Ch. 20-32 Chapter Twenty: The HeLa Bomb 1. What did Stanley Gartler discover about eighteen of the most commonly used cell cultures? Stanly Gartler found out that the cell cultures all contain a rare genetic marker called G6PD-A which was present almost exclusively in black Americans. 2. How did the scientific community respond to Gartler’s theory about HeLa contamination? I think Skloot puts it best: "Gartler’s findings did not go over
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different types of cells in the blood and then we look at the cells under the microscope and once we do that we can see if there are any cells that look abnormal and shouldn’t be there and if we do (see any cells that look abnormal) we can do a bone marrow test where we look at where the cells are made. Cate: What are the treatments for leukemia? And what are some of the side effects? Doctor: this could take hours to answer. So the treatment‚ there are two major types of leukemia in children‚ that
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But before you start treatment‚ they are many tests and exams to be done before you can be diagnosed with pernicious anemia. These tests include checking the vitamin B12 levels‚ the methylmalonic acid level‚ a complete blood count‚ as well as a bone marrow examination only if the diagnosis is still unclear. More times than not‚ people who start treatment do very well (Stöppler 1). But if people have let it go for too long‚ nerve damage can result if treatment is not started within 6 months of the
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Leukemia* is a malignant disease (cancer) of the bone marrow and blood. It is characterized by the uncontrolled accumulation of blood cells. Leukemia is divided into four categories: myelogenous or lymphocytic‚ each of which can be acute or chronic. The terms myelogenous or lymphocytic denote the cell type involved. Thus‚ the four major types of leukemia are: Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Acute leukemia
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body? Iron can be stored within intestinal entrecotes bound to ferritin and transported transversely along the basolateral membrane of intestinal entrecotes. The liver is the chief storage site for iron and the key site of iron consumption is the bone marrow for hemi synthesis. What is Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) and how frequently does it occur? A person with the condition IDA does not have the adequate amount of iron to meet the body’s needs. Iron deficiency anemia is the most widespread tope
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The problem is that sickle cell anemia affects about 72‚000 Americans in the United States. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease in which the body is unable to produce normal hemoglobin‚ an iron-containing protein. Abnormal hemoglobin can morph cells that can become lodged in narrow blood vessels‚ blocking oxygen from reaching organs and tissues. The effects of sickle cell anemia are bouts of extreme pain‚ infectious‚ fever‚ jaundice‚ stroke‚ slow growth‚ organ‚ and failure. Sickle cell
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Instead of using ink and carbon he uses natural cells in the body and then can be implanted into the human skeleton. He has done bone implants and they have been successful so far. His main problem is with growing blood vessels for 3D printed organs. I personally am glad this research is going on because my genes are not forgiving when it comes to kidneys. This type of research is
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Staphylococcus aureus produces golden yellow colonies due to production of staphyloxanthin. According to Burgess et al‚ of the Walter and Eliza Hali Institute of Medical Research: “Human placental conditioned medium is able to stimulate human bone marrow cells to form neutrophilic granulocyte-monocyte colonies and eosinophil colonies in agar cultures.” The question in everyone’s mind is: Is it possible to grow a gram negative and a gram positive bacteria on an agar supplemented by Placenta.
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