...aren’t sure about being a candidate for stem cell treatment. I have done a bit of research to help you understand the possibilities about being treated with stem cells. I want you to know the pros and cons of the treatment to hopefully help you decide on the best course of action for your injuries. I want you to get better and hope this helps you! Scientists throughout the years have been on the front lines of development for the treatment of diseases, disorders, and injuries for several hundred years now. Until recently stem cell therapy has been a thing of science fiction. But for over 30 years bone marrow has been used to treat cancer, leukemia, and lymphoma. This actually is a form of stem cell therapy that has been used...
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...Stem Cell research is very controversial topic, but to understand what is stem cell we must first understand what exactly is it. According to Matthew C. Nisbet “When it comes to public opinion about controversial issues related to science and technology, many policy makers and scientists assume that increased public understanding of science will lead to increased public support. So as people understand science, and the research behind stem cell, than we can get support for it, but will it work”. Stem cells are unspecialized cells capable of forming into any different type of cells through cell division. They are very important, because they can form any type of human organ, and bones. Scientist have found some major research to turn stem cells,...
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... Stem Cell Research offers hope to millions of American with diseases like Diabetes, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The hope has been that one day they may unlock the secret of human development and yield powerful therapies to treat a wide variety of genetic disorders and diseases, including cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and more. Catholic Church has actively encouraged stem cell research; Contrary to what some may believe, the church is not opposed to all forms of stem cell research. Catholic Church believes that the use of adult stem cells as a “better way” to achieve the therapeutic promise of stem cells. Only research using embryotic stem cells have been condemned by the Church. The stem cell debate is filled with controversy question and confusion about science, cures and how we should treat human life at every stage. So what is a stem cell, it is an undifferentiated cell of a multicellular organism that is capable of giving rise to indefinitely more cells of the same type, and from which certain other kinds of cells arise by differentiation. Or some people see stem cells are undifferentiated cells that serve the body as the universal building block and repair kit (Monitoring, 2014). They can become any of the specialized cells of the body’s various tissues and organs. They also have the capability to produce other types of specialized cells, such as brain cells, muscle cells, and lung cells just to name a few . Stem Cells come in...
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...Stem Cell Research Stem cell research has been happening for 30 or more years through bone marrow transplants, but has only been a major debate for about the past ten years with the first isolation of embryonic stem cells (UMichigan). According to a popular issues website the definition of stem cells is, "… contrasted with "differentiated" cells. They offer much hope for medical advancement because of their ability to grow into almost any kind of cell” (Pros and Cons…). One of the main debates is between stem cell research and religious views. Some religions such as branches Christianity believe that obtaining and using embryonic stem cells is a sin and should not be used for research or otherwise. Even though I identify as a Christian, I believe that stem cells should be utilized, as long as an egg is not fertilized only for the use of stem cells. One reason many people don’t agree with embryonic stem cell research is that they believe that scientists use embryos that have started to develop into babies. This is a myth (UMichigan). Scientists fertilize an egg in a dish, and use it 5 days after the fertilization when the embryo only contains about 100 cells, none of which are specialized (UMichigan). The embryo is no larger than a period at the end of a sentence (UMichigan). This embryo, although beginning to form, has no heart, no spine, no limbs, and no systems (UMichigan). If this was known by more people, then many people may change their minds about stem cell...
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...Hope in the form of Stem Cells Dear John, After our brief discussion regarding the Doctors suggestion for stem cell therapy, I quickly began to gather information surrounding the topic to aid in your decision making. Stem cells have been researched for over thirty years. Primarily two types of stem cells have been used for research, from both humans and animals, entitled embryonic and non-embryonic cells (Stem cell basics, 2002). The research for embryonic cells came in the early eighties after mice embryos had been used for extensive research. It was found that human embryonic embryos can be utilized as stem cells and reprogrammed to adapt in order to become the desired type of cell needed. Do you remember when my wife and I endured our round of in-vitro fertilization to conceive our first child? The fertility specialist was able to gather 13 embryos during egg retrieval. All 13 embryos were successfully fertilized. After forty-eight hours it was determined that only 8 had divided in a healthy manner and were able to continue the process of maturation (splitting). Four were then frozen using cryonization and the other four were left to continue onwards to blastyocysts. Two of the four did not make it past 36 hours however two of them developed into grade “A” cells allowing for implantation. We were fortunate that one of the two cells implanted and resulted in a healthy pregnancy. I share this story with you to illustrate how delicate the process of obtaining healthy...
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...Stem Cell Research Stem cells have the extraordinary potential to reproduce into many different types of cells throughout the body. There are two types of stem cells: embryonic stem cells, which are derived from the early stage of embryos and adult stem cells that are found in various types of tissues. Someday, these stem cells may serve as a repair system for the human body. They could reconstruct cells and tissues as a means of therapy of a variety of diseases, including spinal cord injury, arthritis, diabetes Alzheimer’s disease, and so on. Stem cells have the power to become any type of cell in which they help aid in the replacement of numerous types of diseases in the human body. Stem cells have the extraordinary potential to reproduce into many different types of cells throughout the body. There are two types of stem cells: embryonic stem cells, which are derived from the early stage of embryos and adult stem cells that are found in various types of tissues. Someday, these stem cells may serve as a repair system for the human body. They could reconstruct cells and tissues as a means of therapy of a variety of diseases, including spinal cord injury, arthritis, diabetes Alzheimer’s disease, and so on. Stem cells have the power to become any type of cell in which they help aid in the replacement of numerous types of diseases in the human body. Some people may not have any idea of what stem cells are, have any background knowledge on stem cells, or perhaps they have...
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...Stem Cell Research Paper Stem Cell Research Paper Human Biology The human body is capable of many miraculous feats. Every hour, every minute, every second, millions of cells are working to maintain homeostasis within the body. This paper is going to focus on one type of cell in particular, the stem cell. The properties of this little cell are amazing. These unique cells self-regenerate through cell division, and in addition to being unspecialized, have the ability to develop into many different specialized cells of the body. Numerous studies have shown the potential of stem cells to cure cancers, as well as slow or reverse the damages of some neurological disorders, yet stem cell researchers have met with both public and legal resistance during their attempts to show the incredible usefulness of these cells. Therefore, the question is, with stem cell research showing the potential to reverse the damage from or slow the progression of neurological disorders, and possible cures for cancer and other diseases and disorders are the possible benefits too much to ignore? The ability to self-regenerate is one the things that makes the stem cell such an appealing area to study. Most cells and organs in the body do not have the ability to self-regenerate, nor self-repair but stem cells can do both. Stem cells themselves are unspecialized, in that they have so special function (Stem Cell Basics, 2009). Part of the beauty of the stem cell is that through cellular...
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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, as well as the hope for new treatments. However, human stem cell research also raises sharp ethical and political controversies. This paper will discuss the types of stem cells as well as some of the controversies involved in stem cell research. Introduction According to Wikipedia, stem cell can be defined as “biological cells found in all multicellular organisms, that can divide (through mitosis) and differentiate into diverse specialized cell types and can self-renew to produce more stem cells.” A stem cell could be regarded as one of the basic building blocks of the human body. Stem cells are important because they have the ability to become different cell types, and scientists are working on developing ways to use stem cells to repair or regenerate damaged organs or tissues. This could lead to therapies for a whole range of conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, Parkinson's disease or Alzheimer's, although at present it is impossible to tell whether this will happen...
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...prevent these endangered species from adding to that list of 905, but most have failed. The most basic and probably most efficient way to end extinction of species would be to stop invading their habitats. However, that won’t happen. So, scientists have dug deeper into biology and are testing stem cells on these endangered animals in an effort to put them back at a sustainable level of species survival. This stem cell research is a very good strategy to help these endangered species and prevent their extinction. Stem cells are biological cells found in multicellular organisms that can divide into many different specialized types of cells. The potential for these cells to divide into specialized cells is called potency. Stem cells can self produce, which makes them very useful in the medical field. The two categories of stem cells are embryonic and somatic. The embryonic stem cells are obtained from embryos form using in vitro fertilization. Somatic, or adult, stem cells are obtained from bone marrow, the heart, brain, and other parts of the adult body, but are very small in quantity, which makes them more difficult to obtain (‘Stem Cell Information”, 2009). Some say that stem cell research should not be carried out because of what their religion tells them. In my opinion, that is not valid enough of a reason to prevent the research from happening, because this is a field that has so much more to learn about, and could lead to very big medical breakthroughs. Others say...
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...ENGL 1010 Argumentative Paper: The use of embryonic stem cells for research. Stem cells are the center of large debates in today’s medical world. Stem cells are cells that are in an undifferentiated state and have the ability to transform into any kind of tissue depending on what the cells around them are. This ability to transform into any cell of the body makes them very interesting in medical research because they may have the ability to regenerate damaged human tissue. If adult stem cell research seems promising to cure some diseases, the research on embryonic stem cells seems unavoidable. That research is very controversial because those cells need to be taken from a live embryo; taking those cells will ultimately kill it. The embryonic stem cell research could lead the medical profession to find cures for diseases, giving hope to thousands of people, but is it worth killing a potential life for saving an existing one? Stem cells have a very high price (the lives of those embryos), but so many of those embryos may be destroyed anyway. Now, because the government does not want to take a real position on the problem, stem cell research is authorized as long as it does not use federal funds. Strict rules should be written encouraging research on stem cells but restricting the ways those embryos are collected, thereby allowing the United States to advance in modern medicine. Stem cells are cells that are undifferentiated. This means that they have no function yet; therefore...
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...Lori Worthy English 101 Evelyn Beck 1 December 2010 Stem Cell Research: Why it should be funded by the Government Before one could discuss the possibility of the federal government funding stem cell research; you must first define what it is and mention the options to get them. Stem cells are cells that have the ability to renew themselves through cell division in a range of cell types. It is like the body’s repairing operation. You can get them from adult stem cells, cord blood, and embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cells is the most effective and most controversial. There are many who distrust the ethicalness of expending embryonic stem cells because they are considered existing humans, such as the Bush administration. They sensed that the use of these stem cells instituted the slaughter of a human. The government went as far as to not federally fund stem cell research because of this. Our most recent administration has raised these bans on the investigation but not fully (Newsbatch). For years, federal funding of this study was ceased but now those barriers have been elevated and this research will only progress. It is only right that as knowledge advances in the dominion of science and healthcare that stem cell inquiry should also advance. From the beginning of time people have been searching for the fountain of youth and cures for diseases. Everybody dream of living longer and being free of illnesses. Millions are spent on easy cures and products...
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...Stem Cell Cloning Research Braden Harrah Marshall University Abstract The term cloning of stem cell is used by scientists to describe many different processes that involve making duplicates of the different types of stem cells. In different types of cases, stem cells are duplicated for scientific study and no new results were found during the experiment of trying to clone stem cells. This led to the experiment that led to the cloning of Dolly the sheep in 1997. It used a cloning technique called that scientist have been trying to memorize and resulted in an animal that was a genetic twin. This technique can also be used to produce a stem cell from which cells called embryonic stem cells could be extracted to use in research into potential therapies for a wide variety of diseases. The diseases they are hopefully cure or give therapeutic help to is Parkinson’s and Alztimers disease. Introduction Stem cell cloning has been the overall climax for scientific research. Stem cell cloning has evolved ever since they found out what stem cells could do if they were cloned properly. Based on my research, the assumption that cloning stem cells can help mankind appear to be true. Throughout my research on cloning of stem cells I got the idea that if stem cells were cloned that they can cure common diseases such as diabetes and Alzheimer’s. They need to practice on getting the cloning down right before even trying it on a human. They want to continue research on how to clone stems...
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...suffered a spinal cord injury. Stem cell research has opened the doors to science and how it can cure people with like diseases. Some believe that stem cell research is the wave of the future and with it we will be able to eventually cure any disease known to man. Others believe that this type of research is wrong because of the way embryonic stem cells are recovered is incorrect. Stem cell research should be completely funded by the government and mandated; due to the fact it has and could possible be the cure or improve the quality of life of those physical impaired, it establish a greater comprehension on the cause of certain diseases, and last but not least it is ethically correct. With the help of science, people have been cured for spinal cord injuries. Spinal cord injuries remove the possibility of those who once walked from walking. The advancement of stem cell research has shown that by injecting stem cells back into the damaged spinal cord and essentially grows. Stem cells are like clean cells that haven’t found a job yet. By inserting these clean cells into the spinal cord they would start working as a building block where the damage occurred. With the regrowth of the cord, an individual sentenced to life in a wheel chair can walk again. Current research being done is investigating if stem cells can reverse the effects of diseases like Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis a disease which effects the nerves as well as the spinal cord of the body. Stem cell research may be in its...
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...Pushing medicine further Stem cells are cells found in animals and humans. They have the ability to divide and reproduce themselves. They are unspecialized, meaning they do not perform a specific function like muscle cells or nerve cells. But they are also pluripotent, meaning they have the ability to divide and make specialized cells—such as muscle, nerve, or skin cells—and even have the potential to make entire body parts. Some may ask, why haven’t we tried to cultivate this form of medicine? Well, the attention devoted to stem cell research has fluctuated in recent years from being really controversial and not ethical. Well now it’s back and with more evidence and validity. We have progressed recently and found that embryonic stem cells were not the most successful and productive in comparison to adult stem cells, that hold more secrets to be unlocked and more uses. These cells have been proven to have therapeutic benefits, ability to help people with infectious diseases and terminal illnesses and will not be rejected by the body’s defenses. Adult stem cells, not embryonic cells, are the next best form of medicine we have to use to date thanks to much research. Only time can tell where adult stem cells can take us. Adult stem cells can heal the body from ailments with time and apparently, with use of these cells they do the work in enough time. ”In the United States, reports The New England Journal of Medicine, patients suffering from corneal blindness can now see, and...
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...Speech/ Stem cell research I. Introduction A.Attention: Did you ever wonder if our generation could ever cure cancer or even give a paraplegic a chance to walk again? Stem cells could be the real answer to these questions. Stem cells are reproductive cells that adopt the qualities of the tissue that it is surrounded by, therefore becoming a part of the tissue itself. B. Thesis statement: Stem cell research has generated new information about basic cell system that is critical to understanding the causes of disease, such as cancer. C. Preview: The state of California has become a world leader in stem cell research. According to the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, stem cell research has the potential to also treat diseases that are currently burdened with high health care costs. These specific diseases include heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, or diabetes. II. Body A. If stem cell therapy becomes a cure for these diseases it would cripple the healthcare system. Even if stem cell therapy doesn’t entirely cure a disease, reducing its impact would be a massive economic benefit. 1. Most therapies would allow individuals to go back to work. a. This would also allow the caregivers for these individuals to go back to work again. 2. Stem cell research is expected to boom in the biotech industry, bringing new companies to the state of California and creating high paying jobs. a. Individuals states have passed legislation that either allow some form of embryonic...
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