Grey's Anatomy

[Hypothetical situation, Rhetorical questions]The news is not good: your heart is failing and you need a transplant, but organs are scarce and the wait is long. It is likely that your heart will wear out before a human replacement can be found. Would you consider a pig’s heart? Good Morning Madam Speaker, Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition, Members of Parliament, ladies and gentlemen. My Name is Dr Jasmine Lane and I am the head of the Xenotransplantation unit from The National Health and…

PROJECT PLAN 2 Introduction The main objective of the project is to produce the immunosuppressant drug, Cyclosporine from Tolypocladium Inflatum. Patients who undergo solid organ transplantation require an immunosuppressive drug to prevent rejection by decreasing the body's own natural defense to foreign tissues, and Cyclosporin A is one of the most commonly used immunosuppressive drugs in the organ transplantations. Cyclosporin A is a cyclic nonribosomal peptide, consisting of 11 amino acids…

Should the Market for Human Organs be legalized? Canada today is a country where hundreds of people die waiting for an organ transplant, according to Michael Friscolanti’s article, “Will sell organs for cash”. There have been laws in Canada that object the purchase of human organs, but surely do not have any objection with the donation of organs (Friscolanti, “Will sell organs for cash”). The selling of human organs should be allowed at certain scenarios to have less people die waiting for an…

The Organ Lottery In a world where there are not enough organs for people who need them, there must be a way of deciding who receives one and who doesn’t. I propose that a type of lottery system be used. Everyone will receive at least 1 entry in the lottery that cannot be taken away. Entries will then be added or taken away based on certain criteria. These criteria include organ utility (maximizing happiness per organ), dependability (if the person has a family who is depending on him/her),…

Organ transplants save thousands of lives each year and are considered one of the most significant medical innovations of the past century. Despite that, each year, the number of patients on the waiting list continues to grow, while the number of donors and transplants remains stagnant. One solution scientists are investigating in order to solve this problem is xenotransplantation, a procedure which involves the “transplantation, implantation, or infusion of live cells, tissues, or organs from a…

Animal Testing As a small pet owner, I know how lovable and amazing small animals can be as pets. Their innocent eyes and pure hearts have a way of looking into you and showing you that they love you no matter what, all without uttering a single word. These animals are without fault and without blemishes, and yet each day these animals are being used in animal testing and experimentation. For years these animals have been poked and prodded in the name of science, their lives taken from them so…

Animals are being cloned at a faster rate than ever, but is it really okay? People cloning pets has become a more common thing, and with better technology, more people are doing it, but how safe is it? Cloning comes with costs and doesn’t always work. I think pets should not be cloned because it cost too much to clone, they might come out with health problem, and not everyone agrees with it ethically. So how much does cloning pets really cost? Cloning pets might cost as much as $100,000. Even…

Discoveries would not be as rewarding today, without the curiosity and effort put into decoding them. Human curiosity is the sole reason we are atop the food chain as a species. We have the ability to push the envelope of reality to open new outlooks. It is human nature to explore and question the ideas as to why we have arrived on the earth in the way we have. For hundreds of years, humans have questioned the ideas and methods for why we do this in this way and why certain things react in the…

Skin A third-degree skin burn extends through the entire epidermis, dermis and hypodermis, but leaves the underlying muscle and bone tissue in a functional state. Skin is made up of three layers: the epidermis, dermis and hypodermis. The epidermis is ectodermal in origin. It is relatively void of ECM except for the basal membrane and has a distinctive keratinized layer produced by keratinocytes. Other artifacts of the epidermis include melanocytes, hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and sweat…

course, the technology for successful bionic integration was not unveiled for a few years after the book was written, but Perkowitz was not focusing on the bionics of it. Instead, he he chose to focus on the history that surrounded it and the human anatomy that the bionics would be inserted into. Perkowitz goes as far back as to Greek Mythology to talk about Hephaestus, the lame god of fire and how he created wings to assist him in his work (19). Perkowitz also tells that in the 1818 book…