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reprogrammed to behave like embryonic stem cells. Tissue stem cells are ideal for investigating questions around cell differentiation that are specific to a certain tissue. Corneal damage can be treated using tissue stem cells taken from the edge of the cornea, and blood cancers can be treated using tissue stem cells from the bone marrow. One concern, however, is that, as with any organ transplant, a cell transplant from one patient to another will frequently trigger the immune system to reject…

save lives and cure illnesses and injuries (History of Organ and Tissue Transplant). Since scientific knowledge was limited back then, modern transplantation was not successful until the 19th and 20th centuries. Transplantation of skin, bone, and corneas was successfully done as the first in this biomedical break through (History of Organ and Tissue Transplant). In the mid 1900’s, solid organ donation became possible, where a doctor named Joseph Murry…

Fundamentally, it is human passion and care that drives to assist the underprivileged. From food banks to volunteer first-responders, loving others is prevalent every day. Currently in America, the nation relies on an opt-in system for organ donation. After death, it is presumed that you do not want to donate your organs unless notified otherwise via drivers license or parental consent. With an opt-out system, it is assumed that organ donation is requested unless alerted otherwise. In spite of…

Animal Research Should be Allowed for Scientific Research With the development of technology and the demand of medical treatment, animal research appear in the public views. According to Use of Laboratory Animals (1988), animal research, which is using animals to test biomedical and behavioral research of animals to compare with human, were appeared in over 2000 years ago (p. 12). Some activities about the welfare of animals who used in research and groups of antivivisectionist to against to…

Attending college and the value thereof has dramatically changed along with the market for jobs during the past several decades. And as a consequence of a shrinking base of professions requiring appropriate higher education, the United States has experienced high unemployment accompanying some of those transformations. Although such ominous trends can spell gloom and doom for many, it doesn’t necessarily imply a college education an unwise choice. It does, unequivocally, advocate for cautious…

protein was also observed in TNTs in vitro, transferring between primary CGN, suggesting a role for TNT mediated spread of Huntington’s in the brain (Costanzo 2013). In vivo, TNTs have been observed in drosophila and between dendritic cells in mouse cornea (Knopik-Skrocka 2014). It is plausible that TNTs play a role in PD since TNTs are involved in various neurodegenerative disorders, and α-synuclein has been observed in TNTs…

Introduction to this film: Guardians of the galaxy is an American superhero film released in 2014. It is produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film is directed by James Gunn, who wrote the screenplay with Nicole Periman. The main casts in this film who starred as the superheros are Chris Pratt as Star Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Vin Diesel as Groot, Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon and Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer. The film became a…

I spent a whole summer without my best friend by my side. She was with me through thick and thin. After every school day, she was there to greet me as I was getting off the school bus all the way up to the end of middle school. Every day I would wake up, get ready to go to school and go outside to tell her good morning, but on May 15, 2015, my best friend of 13 years was taken from me. It has been three and a half months since I have been able to talk to her and give her loving hugs. I miss…

Today, many people are experiencing eyesight problems and they will always have a tough decision in choosing whether they should use eye glasses or contact lenses. Do you use eye glasses? If you do, you may not know what the benefits of contact lenses can give you. People complain about their problems and difficulties with eye glasses such as blurry vision, difficulty in playing sports, etc. I think they must start using an alterntative tool that could aid them in their eyesight problems such as…

on after such a traumatic attack? Sometimes I hear a noise or other form of stimuli that trigger flashbacks to that day. I can 't seem to get those boldface, 10 point font characters out of my head, as if they are burned by a branding iron onto my corneas, inflicted by that hateful combination of those seemingly harmless letters. Even though there is a very big difference between people who have been repeatedly cyber bullied and those struck by a single-time offense, one experience is enough to…