Cellular differentiation

The ability to cure any single cell disease, the ability to further research efforts in biology and neuroscience, and the ability to cure paralysis in patients. These feats are achieved because of stem cell therapy, but a limitation exists that stumps further ability for cures. Currently, stem cell therapy only works when exactly one type of cell needs replaced; once more types are added into the mix, stem cell therapy loses its value. Further research into stem cells will grant promise that…

Bone Grafting Bone grafting is a surgical procedure to repair defective bones or certain types of broken bones. In this procedure, pieces of bone or a type of man-made (synthetic) bone is used to strengthen a broken bone or to fill in a defect. There are three basic types of bone grafts. Your graft may be from: • Your own bone (autograft). A bone graft is often taken from your hip, rib, or leg. • Donated bone from a tissue bank (allograft). These grafts are taken from healthy donors and…

For decades now, Americans and humans across the world have enjoyed longer and more fulfilling lifespans that can be accredited to innovations in science, engineering, and medicine stemming from the developments and products that have emerged from the research enterprise. Scientists, engineers, and doctors have explored a wide range of questions and problems through basic research, contributing their findings to the broad body of knowledge. Furthering these findings, applied and demonstration…

What is the public opinion on genetic testing? Some see it as a faulty and unreliable waste of time and money, and others that truly understand it see it was a very beneficial way to save millions of lives. Genetic testing uses laboratory methods to look at your genes, which are the DNA instructions you inherit from your mother and your father. Genetic tests may be used to identify increased risks of health problems, to choose treatments, or to assess responses to treatments (NHGR 1). Genetic…

Home » Home and Family » Pets Why Veterinary Stem Cell Therapy Offers New Hope Harrison Foy By Harrison Foy Sep 18, 2015 In the recent past, stem cell therapy has changed the way medicine is practiced. While most people have heard about bone marrow, there is another treatment option that has gained momentum. Stem cell therapy involves harvesting and modifying stem cells from fat and is commonly used in the treatment of osteoarthritis. Stem cell therapy can also be used in the treatment of…

Although Fatal Familial Insomnia has not been given much attention directly, prion diseases in a whole have been studied by a number of different research centers. Since FFI is, in fact, a prion disease, the research being done could aid in finding a cure for patients. Research groups including, but not limited to, UCSF, MRC, Alberta, Case Western, and Rocky Mountain Labs, have spent great amounts of time to try and study the causes, effects, and cures of prion diseases. Currently, research has…

Claim: Stem cell research and use is a bad idea because stem cells come can kill unborn children, stem cells also are bad because cures should not depend on the killing of an unborn child, when you use stem cells for a cure it can be unstoppable and you can die from tumours that form, and finally for the final reason is stem cells can get you hurt in many ways. According to Embryonic stem cell therapy ‘morally unacceptable’ it said “Where stem cells are harvested from the embryo and foetus-as…

In this paper, I will discuss the potential uses for stem cells from umbilical cord blood. I will also discuss the advantages of using umbilical cord blood versus a bone marrow transplant as a source of stem cells; and I will justify whether umbilical cord blood banks should exist at all. First, I would like to begin by explaining what stem cells are and why they are important. Stem cells are a type of cell that divides continuously and can give rise to other types of cells. (Biology of…

Stem-Cell Research What if prosthetics could be a thing of the past? What if accident victims could grow back their missing limbs? This can possibly be accomplished with stem-cell research. So what's the issue? “Why are we not funding this?” you ask. In this essay that is exactly what we will be finding out. The main reason that stem-cell research is meeting controversy is due to the development, use, and destruction of human embryos. That stated, not all stem-cell research involves human…

Stem Cell Research Paper: Human Embryonic Stem Cells or (hESCs) Human Embryonic Stem Cells or (hESCs) are taken from human embryos, however these embryos are not normal ones. The (hESC) are embryos that were fertilized in a process known as in vitro fertilization. In vitro fertilization is usually done in a clinic of some sort and are then given to researchers for research with permission from the people who have donated. The human embryonic stem cells are not created from a woman, they are…