Cluster of differentiation

mountain with many ridges. The organic cell is a ball that is rolling down the slope. The ridges change the path of the ball, which is like points in time in which a cell gets more specialized. The epigenetic landscape is just a way to explain differentiation and specialization.” The weird analogy took me a bit of time to register. The subject of epigenetics was still confusing throughout the lecture. Rather than interrupt the lecture again, I waited until the end of class to make sense of some…

According Patent Act 1983, not all inventions are patentable. Even some invention fulfill all the criteria stated, it is still exceptions. A ‘human embryo’ within the meaning from Union law is any human ovum after fertilization or any human ovum not fertilized but through the effect of the technique used to obtain it, is capable of commencing the process of development of a human being. The European Court of Justice recently declared the procedures that involve human embryonic stem cells cannot…

What Are the Pros and Cons of Cord Blood Banking? Researchers and physicians are always studying more about treating various illnesses. Stem cell transplant has become one of the most promising methods of treatment, using 3 types of cells—those from bone marrow, blood and umbilical cord—to give patients new cells that will grow into healthy ones. While the first two require a separate donor who must be a close match to the individual who is needing treatment, umbilical cord stem cells are…

Electroconvulsive therapy is a procedure in which doctors transmit electric shocks to the brain from electrodes that are placed on certain locations of the head, which release a flood of neurotransmitters and help treat the patient’s specific disorder. Although, before this procedure occurs, the patients are given anesthesia to prevent any physical harm to the patient. One major advantage of this procedure is that there has been an 86% remission rate in patients who have undergone ECT with…

Mary Shelley illustrates the consequences behind attempting to create life in the novel Frankenstein, which can be compared to the creation of a genetically identical copy of a human. Like Victor Frankenstein “dabbles among the unhallowed damps of the grave” and compiles decomposing human body parts, cloning tries to create life using human tissue or cells (Shelley 39). Human cloning should not be performed because the process has a low success rate, and it is unethical as it violates the…

In this era, there is still a bit of confusion on the word ¨cloning¨. To consider the exact cloning of another human being forces me to question the exact concept of right or wrong that makes us all humans. On the other, hand Therapeutic cloning can help create vital organs. Because of cloning, Science could advance to a point where millions of people will have access to lifesaving therapies developed using their own DNA.This would mean therapeutic cloning can be helpful for people, who are…

Human disease is something inevitable in the human life cycle and it has created an enormous impact on all living things (Anderson, Salm, Allen & Nester, 2016). Diseases can be caused by a lot of factors from genetics, syndrome development or infection and one way or another, each one of us will experience either one or a combination of all causes. Through the course of time, medical experts and practitioners have invested a lot of time and effort in researching standards and methods in order to…

Bubble Boy Disease Popped Kaylynn A. Foulk, Cinema and Television Arts Major, California State University, Fullerton Abstract This research paper explores severe combined immunodeficiency disease based from the research provided by four different articles and a book. Two of the articles were provided by the professor, but the other two articles I have researched on my own. The research paper provides a brief description of severe combined immunodeficiency disease and how it affects the immune…

These are cells which can exhibit the process of cellular differentiation, which essentially can allow them to transform from one type of cell to another. They are found naturally in the human body in 3 places: Bone marrow, Adipose tissue, and Blood. In addition, they can be taken from the umbilical cord, foetus and…

Imagine a world where any medical ailment, whether it’s cancer or the common cold, can be cured. Broken bones are as easy to fix as a small scrape, and diseases like AIDS that kill white blood cells and weaken the immune system are not as life threatening as they used to be. While this fantasy world isn’t a reality, it could be. Enter the stem cell: An amazing feat of the human body. These cells can become any cell in the human body, from skin tissue to brain cells. Unfortunately, the cells…