babies in order to extract their stem cells for medical research? The word ethics is a theory or system of moral values; the discipline dealing with what is good or bad and with moral duty and obligation. We find that the moral and ethical standings are tested when scientist and theologist go head to head in the debate over "stem cell research". In November 1998‚ two independent teams U.S scientists reported that they had succeeded in isolating and culturing stem cells obtained from human embryos and
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INTRODUCTION Embryonic stem cell research and medication is a controversial topic that best displays the battle between ethics and science. Stem cells can bring new possibilities to medicine and biology by understanding how diseases form‚ and affect the body. With this research new cures could be made. The controversy is over whether or not itś ethical to use these embryonic stem cells because they have the potential to become a human being. Using Embryonic stem cells will bring more good than
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STEM CELLS: THE BAD VS. THE GOOD THE BACKGROUND The use of embryonic stem cells to treat human diseases; is it unethical‚ questionable‚ helpful‚ in violation of law and policy or just the right answer for many‚ many diseases? All of these are great questions and are all questions that everyone and everybody has an opinion on at one time or another. To first really understand the controversy surrounding stem cell research you must know a little about its base; embryonic stem cells‚ “they are
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Stem Cells and the Future of Developmental Medicine Stem cells have a remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body during early life and growth. Stem cells undergo processes to form new types of cells which can have a specialized function. According to this function‚ lives could be saved by the formation of new tissues and organs. Some of the specialized cells are muscle cells‚ brain cells or blood cells. Although stem cell research is debatable due to moral concerns
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Stem cell Transplantation-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TA-TMA) is an awful complication with high morbidity and mortality. Patients with TA-TMA are often complicated cases. Nurse practitioners taking care of transplant patients should keep the diagnosis in mind for any patient with the new onset of thrombocytopenia‚ hemolytic anemia‚ and renal failure. Eculizumab should be a reasonable treatment approach in patients with TA-TMA after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Awareness of the
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Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent(able to grow) stem cells derived from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst‚ an early-stage preimplantation embryo. Embryonic stem cells can form any possible cells in the body. These stem cells are used to better understand and treat diseases. They also help scientist understand how diseases occur/develop. Rapid advantages in research on the embryonic stem cells derived from human embryos have collided with opposing views regarding the morality of using human embryos
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many new areas of biology and found two areas of biology that interested me the most: microbiology and cell biology and during my final two years I have‚ through my module options and project choices‚ tailored my degree towards these two interests. In my third year of study‚ I undertook a project studying soil-dwelling bacteria and their ability to produce antibiotic compounds‚ while
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Introduction: What are stem cells? Stem cells are unspecialized cells with the capacity to divide and form specialized cells‚ when the circumstances call for it. There are two sources for stem cells: adult and embryonic. Adult stem cells are multipotent cells‚ which can be found in adult tissues. The cells are thought to reside in “niches” in organs and tissues‚ some of which are bone marrow‚ peripheral blood‚ skeletal muscle‚ brain‚ heart‚ and liver. These cells are capable of dividing following
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Embryonic Stem Cell: Threat to Life and Humanity Every year‚ about 7.9 million infants are born with serious birth defects‚ which is about 6% of infants born worldwide. In the United States alone‚ there are more than 4.4 million to 7.7 million of people with developmental disabilities and about 60% of their population’s deaths were due to degenerative diseases. These figures explain the outpour of comments and criticisms as well as hopes and controversies with the introduction of stem cell therapy
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Stem cells and stem cell therapy is a fairly new scientific concept that was founded in the mid twentieth century. It is based on the idea of regenerating parts of the body that have been damaged due to disease or illness. It is a form of treatment unlike most of the drugs and medications beginning to surface‚ mainly because scientists believe that the purpose of stem cell therapy is to focus more on the regeneration of the human body. The unique abilities and properties that stem cells hold‚ create
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