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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Embryonic Stem Cell Research: More Beneficial Than Detrimental Kurl E. Jamora ENGLRES-N02 Term 3 AY 2011-12 De La Salle University-Manila Thesis Statement: This paper aims to show that the advancements that embryonic stem cell research can deliver outweigh its drawbacks. Outline: 1.0 Potentials of stem cell research 2.0 Nature of stem cell research 3.1 Embryonic stem cells 3.2.1 Derivation of embryonic stem cells 3.2.2 Characteristics of embryonic stem cells 3
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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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Outline Thesis Statement: Research on stem cells is advancing knowledge about how an organism develops from a single cell and how healthy cells replace damaged cells in organisms. The promise of this research is that if scientist can convert stem cell into regular cells like blood or heart muscles and put it back into the body‚ then maybe they might find a cure for some of the diseases that plague our world now a days such as Parkinson’s‚ diabetes‚ leukemia‚ heart congestion‚ bone marrow and many
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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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The human genome project‚ together with research on stem cells‚ will form the basis of most medical treatments in the next few decades. Before discussing this statement it is important to analyse each component. What is a genome? And why is it relevant to us? A genome is the building block of all living organisms‚ it consists of the mapping or instructions to how an organism functions‚ and it does this through the use of DNA and genes. Genes are a group of DNA; Genes hold instructions and information
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Stem Cells Attention Getter: If i told you there was something in this world that held promise of treatments and cures for more than 70 major diseases and conditions that affect millions of people‚ including diabetes‚ Parkinson ’s‚ Alzheimer ’s‚ cancer‚ spinal cord injuries‚ blindness‚ and HIV‚ would you believe me? According to an article by Americans for Cures Foundation‚ there is. And it’s name is a stem cell. Into into topic: There’s a lot of controversy surrounding stem cells‚ and because
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Do parents have the right to use embryonic stem cells to re-establish the balance in systems that no longer function correctly? Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent stem cells; this means that they are able to grow into all three primary germ layers: ectoderm‚ endoderm and mesoderm and make every type of cell in the body. They result from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst; and early stage human embryo. Embryonic stem cells are used in research to improve our understanding of body development from
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