Stem Cell Research 1. Stem Cells a. b. Cells that can divide b.i. Can renew themselves through cell division b.ii. Can become tissue or organ specific cells. b.iii. Can repair damaged organs/bones. c. Popular kinds of stem cells c.i. Embryonic stem cells c.ii. Somatic/adult stem cells 2. a.i. Diseases in America/Figures 1. Heart Disease (non institutionalized) a. 26.5 million b. Death Rank: 1 2. Cancer a. 19 million diagnosed (non institutionalized) b. Death Rank: 2 Negative
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treatment of many diseases. Stem cell research has provided hope and has brought optimism among the scientists and doctors in curing the patients who suffered or died due to the once called "untreatable" diseases decades ago. Stem cells are the ones which can develop into any type of a body cell including the cells of blood‚ liver‚ brain‚ muscles‚ and many more. They are found in adult bone marrow‚ embryos‚ fetuses‚ and blood from the umbilical cord (Bailey 100). Stem cell research is the latest advancement
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What are stem cells and what is gene therapy respectively? These are cells that have the potential to form many different types of cells found in the body. When stem cells divide‚ can form more stem cells or other cells that perform specialized functions. Embryonic stem cells have the potential to form a complete individual‚ while adult stem cells can only form certain types of specialized cells. Stem cells to continue to divide throughout the lifetime of a person. The use of recombinant DNA
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Running Head: EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH Page 1 Carmelita Coto July 22‚ 2014 Embryonic Stem Cell Research PHI310 Stevens-Henager College EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH Page 2 Embryonic Stem Cell Research Embryonic stem cell reasearch has a longstanding debate history. The 70’s focused on research that involved fetuses in utero. The 80’s shifted to research of transplantation of fetal tissue into adults with serious medical
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ABSTRACT Stem cells have offered much hope by promising to greatly extend the numbers and range of patients who could benefit from transplants‚ and to provide cell replacement therapy to treat debilitating diseases such as diabetes‚ Parkinson ’s and Huntington ’s disease. The issue of stem cell research is politically charged‚ prompting biologists to begin engaging in ethical debates‚ Stem cell research offers great promise for understanding basic mechanisms of human development and differentiation
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Stem cells -are biological cells found in all multi cellularorganisms‚ that can divide (throughmitosis) and differentiate into diverse specialized cell types and can self-renew to produce more stem cells. In mammals‚ there are two broad types of stem cells: embryonic stem cells‚ which are isolated from the inner cell mass of blastocysts‚ and adult stem cells‚ which are found in various tissues. In adult organisms‚ stem cells and progenitor cells act as a repair system for the body‚ replenishing
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The Stem Cell Research Controversy Stem cell research is defined by eHow as “a developing technology that focuses on using undifferentiated cells therapeutically to treat human disease and injury. Stem cells are primitive or unspecialized cells that can assist in tissue repair and rejuvenation. When they divide‚ stem cells have the potential to become any type of cell needed‚ such as brain‚ blood or muscle cells.” Stem cells are important for many reasons but the most well-known is that they have
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Stem cell research and use is a good idea because it saves lives‚ it can treat really bad diseases‚ it can give people a better life‚ and because stem cells could treat even more illnesses in the future. I think that stem cell research and use is a good idea because it saves the lives of many people and it cures diseases. According to the article Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy ‘Morally Unacceptable’ by Josephine Quintavalle states “An estimated 56 diseases have been treated with the use of adult
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Ethics and Philosophies of Stem Cell Research Nader Zeidan Malek Fatte Mohamad Said Fouad Saba Marc Deeb Joy Chamoun Ethics of Human Stem Cell Research Gene H. Outka Varying Views of Fetuses and Embryos • From the Left •From the Middle • From the Right Preferred Philosophy • Kantian – Murder vs Killing – Choosing Life – Burden of Evil – “Nothing is Lost” Principle The Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Howard J. Curzer Conservative Ethics of Embryos • Embryos
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Sep. 21‚ 2014 Stem Cells Stem cells are the beginning of organism creation and have the potential to separate‚ becoming any kind of organism‚ endlessly. These cells have not gone through the process known as differentiation‚ which gives the cell a specific function. Technically‚ due to research over the recent years‚ scientists could grow certain organs with through stem cells because of the fact that these cells can be manipulated early on. There are multiple stem cells that have been determined
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