diseases, with the use of stem cell…
responses to promote wound healing. The transplantation of autologous and allogeneic Mesenchymal stem cells on the surface of deep burn wounds in rats decreases inflammatory cell infiltration into the wound, and accelerates the formation of new vessels and granulation tissue.” (Lu, Zhang, & Jin, 2009). This data regarding Mesenchymal stem cells only proves that there is major potential in stem cells to help burn victims. Most of the deaths caused by burns are from the body expending so much…
fertilized egg begins to form a mass of cells called a blastocyst. It is from this mass of cells that all of the human body originates from. The nuclei of all of the cells in the blastocyst contain genes that turn some cells into bone cells and others into skin cells. The cells found in the inner mass of the blastocyst are called embryonic stem cells and have the potential to differentiate into almost all other cells in the body; the pluripotency of these cells makes them very viable in the…
Stem cell research brings up the idea of advanced technology. If a person has the technology to do something, does that necessarily mean that we have the obligation or expectation to do so? C.S. Lewis once said that, “Man’s power over nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with nature as its instrument. Man’s final conquest has proved to be the abolition of man.” In a sense, the destruction of man by man seems fitting in the case of stem cells. What it’s all boiled…
and to be able to accept them as reality. However, when there are new scientific discoveries there are often debates on its reliability and whether or not it’s ethical to use such means, but usually is accepted within a decade or two. The use of stem cells, however, has been a topic of debate since the 1970s and shows no sign of ending just yet. Even so, research in this field has continued and has shown that…
the ethical issue that surrounds stem cell therapy. Yes, this could be revolutionary, and it has the possibility to cure illness, but at what expense? Should one be willing to end the life of an unborn…
of therapeutic cloning, the goal of reproductive cloning is to create a new individual (“SCNT Animation”). One of the most successful cases of reproductive cloning was a cloned sheep named Dolly; she was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell. Dolly was part of a series of experiments at The Roslin Institute that were trying to develop a better method for producing genetically modified livestock (Palca). Once, artificial cloning of entire mammals was a thing of imagination, and now it…
world. Considering this, it has deemed a game changer in the everyday lives of many. The people who are suffering from conditions that can be beyond repair would benefit from this type of regenerative medicine. Stem Cell specific Regenerative Medicine has been drawing great attention, due to the positive outcomes of the use of stem cells in repairing bone, tissues, organs and much more. The goal is to point out and express the true statements between three media sources and three authoritative…
against stem cell research are mounting and are usually based upon myths. Such as “stem cell debate is based on the belief that an embryo is actually human, and that it should be treated just like human life, and this happens as soon as an egg is fertilized.” (Stem Cells) And while this is fundamentally true, stem cell researchers do not kill embryos for their stem cells. The embryos used do not make it to term due to health issues or the parent’s decide to abort. People against stem cell…
about all the cells in their body, and what they can do, and how they work? Till and McCulloch were known as the first two people to know what stem cells are, and used them in a research paper in 1963(Who Really Discovered Stem Cells?). Dr. Florence Sabin is technically the first person the person they recently discovered because he had turned in an essay about stem cells in 1931(Who Really Discovered Stem Cell?). With all the research that is here, more people would benefit from stem cells now…