Cancer stem cell

Stem cells are special cells that have the ability to divide for an indefinite period and can give rise to a wide variety of specialized cell types. The term stem cell can be interpreted into many different types of stem cells, each with very different potential to treat disease. There are multiple types of stem cells but the two significant stem cell types are embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells (Panno, “Stem cells are not all equal”). Stem cells have the remarkable potential to develop…

Stem Cells One of the biggest ethical and scientific debates in the scientific communities involves Stem Cell research. Stem cells are cells with the ability to develop into different types of cells in the body. They can serve as a type of internal repair system for the body. They are distinguished from other cells because they are unspecialized and are capable of renewing themselves through cell division. Also, under physiologic or experimental conditions they can be induced to become tissue…

that requires the destruction of the embryos. In 2001, former President, George W. Bush, restricted federal funding for embryonic stem cell research because the process of retrieving embryonic stem cells is by the destruction of an embryo (Edmonds). Bush believed that destroying the embryo was devaluing human life. The restriction of fundings towards embryonic stem cell research put almost a stop to many companies that were doing such research with embryos. But in between the time of 2001 to…

Stem Cells: The Future of Healing Stem cell therapy has been around for nearly 30 years and has profound uses for the treatment or prevention of many diseases. HSCs circulate around the blood during fetal stage and reside in the bone marrow of adults and one of the most common stem cell therapies currently in use is for bone marrow transplants, but there are many other uses for stem cells which greatly impact the lives of millions of people for the better (Tiwari, 2016). There is no doubt that…

A cell is the smallest structural and functional unit of an organism. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells. “The essential characteristics of [these] cells are their ability for self-renewal and the ability to form one or more specialised cell types over time” (Carvalho and Ramalho-Santos 596). In other words, they serve as an internal repair system. When a stem cell divides, each new cell can either remain a stem cell or any other type of cell with a normal yet more specialized and…

lightly. Stem cell research is beneficial because it helps to further the research towards the cure of diabetes, cancer, other various diseases and illnesses, and the advancement in the growth of such stem cells also helps further the research in organ growth. However, some ways the scientists conduct and carry out stem cell research is neither morally correct nor practical. Stem cell research helps further the advancement in the curing of diseases such as diabetes…

or has cancer, stem cells may help repair the damage or cure the disease. For instance, a leukemia patient can undergo a stem cell transplant and be cured of cancer. Stem cell research has made several advances in the medical field. It has helped and even cured many people with serious diseases and illnesses. Even though stem cell research has benefited many people, it has also been associated with negative controversy. Stem cell research has a long history of controversy. Stem cells…

Growing embryonic stem cells in labs can create millions. These cells can then be frozen and sent to other labs for further experimentation (“Stem Cell Basics”). So creating stem cell lines is what the scientists are doing in their labs or using existing stem cell lines to research embryonic stem cells. Stem cell lines are a large number of cells, all carrying the same genes, grown in laboratories through many cycles of growth and division over a lot of generations of cells. One cell line can be…

Stem cell research has caused tremendous controversy over the latest years. Because embryonic stem cells are pluripotent and undifferentiated, they have the potential to become any cell in the adult body and are present in all living organisms. Tissue (adult) stem cells are taken from specific parts of the body, but can only give rise to their tissue of origin. These tissue cells are used naturally by the body to replace damaged cells. Research into both of these types of cells seems very…

scratched the surface on stem cell research. It is a complicated subject that still has a ways to go. So what is the point of stem cell research. The point is if we master this science, then it can help a lot of people. “Stem cells are cells that have the ability to reproduce themselves and to give rise to other more specialized types of cells” (NIH Director 's Statement on Research Using Stem Cells). Stem cells are used to repair or damage badly damaged cells or tissues (Cell Growth and…