What would you say if they cure for cancer could be within our grasp? Within the last decade, we’ve developed advanced medical procedures that have allowed us to cure many diseases that would have been potentially fatal 100 years ago. With time cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s could be as easy to cure as the common flu. Stem cells are the idea that could have the ability to cure disease, heal organs, and even possibly regrow limbs. They’re a relatively new advancement that has undiscovered potential but also undiscovered downfalls. In 1978, stem cells were first discovered in the human body within bone marrow. The cells had the ability to regenerate themselves and mock others. This means they could be taught to generate cartilage, fibrous
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Your body’s immune system could see the stem cells as invaders and potentially attack them. This can be avoided by using your own cells but again this comes with risks one doesn’t consider. Whenever your cells are removed from your body they are coming in contact with many different airborne microbes that could theoretically contaminate and cause disease. If they don’t get infected there’s also the chance that the cells will cease to function due to the manipulation by the clinic (Anderson, 1997). Then when they are inserted back into your body they needed to be injected back into the exact spot they were specialized for or else they’ll cease to …show more content…
The potential benefits of the procedure are astounding but they are just potentials at the moment. I wouldn’t be willing to put my life in the hands of some treatment that doesn’t have a high success rate especially when the effects could make me worse off. Not only the chances of your condition getting worse but if it fails you just wasted $10,000 depending on where you reside. So unless you have the money to spend and this is your last available option I would consider other methods for the time being. I say time being because this is a new procedure that is still in the research phase. In the next couple years, scientist could perfect it and I wouldn’t want to turn you away from a medical breakthrough that could save your
Your body’s immune system could see the stem cells as invaders and potentially attack them. This can be avoided by using your own cells but again this comes with risks one doesn’t consider. Whenever your cells are removed from your body they are coming in contact with many different airborne microbes that could theoretically contaminate and cause disease. If they don’t get infected there’s also the chance that the cells will cease to function due to the manipulation by the clinic (Anderson, 1997). Then when they are inserted back into your body they needed to be injected back into the exact spot they were specialized for or else they’ll cease to …show more content…
The potential benefits of the procedure are astounding but they are just potentials at the moment. I wouldn’t be willing to put my life in the hands of some treatment that doesn’t have a high success rate especially when the effects could make me worse off. Not only the chances of your condition getting worse but if it fails you just wasted $10,000 depending on where you reside. So unless you have the money to spend and this is your last available option I would consider other methods for the time being. I say time being because this is a new procedure that is still in the research phase. In the next couple years, scientist could perfect it and I wouldn’t want to turn you away from a medical breakthrough that could save your