Induced pluripotent stem cell

Embryonic Stem Cell Research In the two-thousand nine movie, My Sister’s Keeper by Jeremy Leven, a family is struck with tragedy when their daughter, Kate, is diagnosed with Leukemia and not expected to live past the age of five years old. The doctor covertly introduces the topic of in vitro fertilization to assure a perfect match to the little girl. The procedure was successfully performed, and the parents have a little girl who they named Anna. Anna has given blood, bone marrow, and stem…

Embryonic STEM Cell Research: Man vs. God 21st century Hawaiians come from a long lineage of powerful and mighty warriors. Their ancestors had to survive several trials and obstacles of war and disease in order to continue on their legacy. Despite the fact, the Hawaiian race has weakened, now becoming the world’s leading population for heart disease. Thanks to revolutionary scientific discoveries, scientists are now able to produce working, artificial organs and tissues using STEM cells,…

Frankenstein and the Medical World: The Ethics of Stem Cells After a long day of annoying people, stressful work assignments, and in general, an atrocious day, you sit on your most comfortable couch or sprawl out on your bed and go on the Internet. Travelling on the wave of craziness that is the Internet, you check all of your social media: Tumblr, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, etc. Searching through the cat videos, memes, and weird random advertisements, you see it, the random post…

opinion on stem cell research has drastically changed from when the controversy first got major media coverage in 2001. According to a poll posted to isidewith.com, 73 percent of Americans agree the federal government should fund stem cell research, while 27 percent think the contrary. But why has public perception taken a complete and utter turnaround from years ago? One may argue, positives of stem cells outweigh the negatives. Today, we have a better understanding of what these cells are…

Embryonic stem cell research is an ongoing controversial topic that is still a major issue today. It is a subject that starts a debate every moment it is brought up. This topic will continue throughout time to be a controversial subject. There is one thing that will not change in this topic and it is the facts that go along with it. Each side has an argument that has information to back it up but there are important factors that will remain the same. Embryonic stem cell research is popular in…

Stem Cell Research is a very controversial topic. Some people are unaware of what it is and what it means for healthcare. It is the remedy of health ailments of the future and it should be supported so that scientists can continue to work on the cure for a plethora of health issues. First let’s answer the question “What are Stem Cells?” “Stem Cells are the foundation cells for every organ and tissues in our bodies. (ISSCR) There are a few different types of stem cells. There are adult stem…

The article “listening for the Public Voice” by Robert Cook-Deegan and Jane Maienchein discuses the many arguments, both for and against, surround human embryo gene mutation and experimentation. They then provide multiple examples from scientific history in which the practices had faced the same amount of scrutiny from the public, yet once people saw the rewards that could result from these practices, they allowed these practices to become “normal”. In the article “Listening for the Public…

is CoQ10? CoQ10 is an essential nutrient that resides in the mitochondria, which are the tiny “energy factories” inside each of your cells. It’s the catalyst that sparks the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is…

These advancements could help and save many people. For example the author of the article Scientists Clone Human Embryos To Make Stem Cells said that “Ever since human embryonic stem cells were discovered, scientists have had high hopes for them because the cells can morph into any kind of cell in the body. That ability means, in theory,…

In the story Becoming Dr. Q we are taken through vivid memories of triumph and despair. There is much to be seen in these stories shared by Dr. Q, most speak on cases that boggle the world of medicine as a whole while others are common cases that are yet to be uncured by science. It is in those respects that I feel a recurring theme of this life story is that of the personal effect that every patient has had on Dr. Q. He often speaks about the impact that these lives have had on him both in a…