(Directory of Open Access Journals) Mesenchymal cells isolation from Wharton’s jelly‚ in perspective to clinical applications Iro KOLIAKOS 1*‚ Nikos TSAGIAS 2 and Vassilis KARAGIANNIS 2 1 2 Stem Cells Bank‚ National Research Foundation‚ Athens‚ Greece C Gynecology Clinic‚ Hyppokrateion Hospital‚ Medical School‚ Aristotle University of Thessaloniki‚ Greece Received: 16 September 2010 Accepted after revision: 22 November 2010 Human umbilical cord tissue‚ termed as Wharton’s jelly
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Stem Cells and Tissue Renewal 1 The Multicellular “Habitat” • Cells of multicellular organisms – highly specialized – over 200 types in human body • Arranged into tissues‚ organs‚ organ systems • Unable to survive outside body “habitat” skin wont survive in heart tissues. They all start up identicals 2 Specialized Cell Types • Cells of early embryo identical • Differentiation results in specialized cell types – some differentiated cells continue to divide – many others are
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Cell: The cell is the basic structural‚ functional and biological unit of all known living organisms. Cells are the smallest unit of life that is classified as a living thing‚ and are often called the "building blocks of life". Discoverer: The cell was discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665. The cell theory‚ first developed in 1839 by Matthias Jakob Schleiden andTheodor Schwann‚ states that all organisms are composed of one or more cells‚ that all cells come from preexisting cells‚ that vital functions
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Reflection paper: Is the nurse ethically obligated to tell the patient about the decline in his condition‚ or is the nurse ethically obligated to honor the parents’ wishes? One of the most difficult and challenging issues in the medical practice‚ when the patient is terminally ill or has a bad prognosis‚ and there is a debate between the caring family and the health care staff about telling or withholding the information. In order to respect the patient`s autonomous options‚ it is obligatory to
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structure of these cells is a flying disk shaped like a donut‚ this is so maximum haemoglobin can be carried allowing maximum amount of oxygen to be transported. Sperm cells A sperm cell is the male reproductive cell that carries the male portion of chromosomes and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) information to be fused with the female egg or ovum. The sperm cell carries various amount of heredity information inside the cell nucleus. There are various ways in which sperm can be transmitted to the
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Recent studies of stem cells have played are very important because they show promise in helping man solve or at least grasp the solution to the diseases that have haunted him since his early days of conscious. The idea of stem cells is kind of a simple idea. This brings us to the first promise‚ not only are stem cells able to be taken from the human body‚ but scientists are now able to grow these cells in labs. The most worried over part is that when obtaining the cells‚ it doesn’t always
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Henrietta’s Cells. It is unfortunate that the Lacks family did not know that research was being done on Henrietta’s cells‚ which made the family feel like they were betrayed by doctors at the Johns Hopkins Hospital‚ but it was a common practice of doctors in the 1950s and consent was not required for research as it is today. Also‚ it is unfair that Samuel Reader and Monroe Vincent‚ the founders of Microbiological associates‚ a cell distribution company‚ made millions off of selling HeLa cells. However
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Essay cover sheet Essay Title: How Do Nerve Cells Work and Why is it Important for Psychologists to know this? Student number: M00267898 Word count (Excluding title and references section):1‚062 Declaration By submitting this work I acknowledge that I am its author‚ that all sources consulted in its preparation are referenced appropriately in accordance with the referencing guide‚ and that I have not copied from any source. How Do Nerve Cells Work and Why is it Important for Psychologists
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Human Cloning Doctor Jerome Kassirer once said‚ “I’m willing to hold off completely on any kind of human cloning‚ but I’m not willing to hold off on research that could yield enormous therapeutic benefit.” Human cloning is a controversial topic in science and medicine. While some are all for human cloning‚ others disregard the idea all together because they see the con’s before they can understand the major advantages of pros. But what exactly is human cloning?
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Introduction The current method of cell expansion using T25 flasks for human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) have been proven to be extremely time and space consuming‚ labour intensive and difficult for scale-up (Minimal of 200 T25 flasks needed). It is estimated 2.8x108 - 5.6x108 undifferentiated hESCs are required by the end of the expansion stage for the process to work‚ as at least 5x107 cells of well differentiated post-mitotic Nrl+/Crx+ precursors are needed for transplant (Maclaren et al‚ 2006)
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