Stem Cell Research by https://padlet.com/kyle_scheel580/kec83zw502sl Made with charisma en-us 2016-12-14 20:06:29 UTC 2016-12-23 13:59:10 UTC hello@padlet.com Benefits of Stem Cells kyle_scheel580 https://padlet.com/kyle_scheel580/kec83zw502sl/wish/144739377 http://www.explorestemcells.co.uk/benefitsofstemcells.html

Stem cells have enormous potential in health and medical research but to fully harness this potential, scientists are studying how stem cells transform, or differentiate, into the diverse range of specialised cells that make humans what they are today. Because diseases such as cancer or conditions such as birth defects are thought to occur because of problems in the differentiation process, an understanding of the development that happens in normal cells will help scientists treat the developmental errors that can occur.

Stem cells offer a viable source of replacement cells to treat diseases and can potentially reduce the morbidity and mortality for those awaiting transplants. Some of the areas that stem cells can benefit include:
  • Parkinson's disease
  • Type I diabetes
  • Arthritis
  • Burn victims
  • Cardiovascular diseases
Genetic Defects - Even more promising is the potential to address genetic defects that are present from birth by restoring function and health with the introduction of normal healthy cells that do not have these defects.
Heart Attack - For example, a patient who has suffered from a heart attack and sustained heart damage could have the damaged tissue replaced by healthy new muscle cells.


Potential to Reverse Diseases

By directing stem cells to differentiate into specialised cell types, there is the exciting possibility to provide a renewable source of replacement cells for those suffering from diseases.


The potential to reverse diseases is also not a foreign one.

Heart Attack - For example, a patient who has suffered from a heart attack and sustained heart damage could have the damaged tissue replaced by healthy new muscle cells.

Parkinson's Disease - The destruction of brain cells in conditions such as Parkinson's disease can hopefully be reversed with the replacement of new, healthy and functioning brain cells.

This article is describing all of the true benefits that stem cell research as to offer. The article realizes the controversy towards stem cell research, however it's main focus is to make people think differently about the greatness of stem cell research. 


]]> 2016-12-23 13:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_scheel580/kec83zw502sl/wish/144739377 Pros and Cons of Stem Cell Research http://www.medhealthdaily.com/pros-and-cons-of-stem-cell-research/ kyle_scheel580 https://padlet.com/kyle_scheel580/kec83zw502sl/wish/144739563
Before we head on to discuss the pros and cons of stem cell research, let us discuss what stem cell is. They are a kind of non specialized cells that can potentially create other particular cells like brain, blood, muscle or tissue cells. Stem cells are present in our body in abundance but they have much more potential in the fetus than adults. There are some kinds of stem cells, which can create every other cell in human body. And some other cells are potentially able to replace or repair damaged cells and tissues



Pros of stem cells research


  1. Stem cells can be utilized to treat many complicated diseases which need transplanting cells produced from embryonic stem cells of humans. Such diseases include diabetes, traumatic spinal cord injury, hearing and vision loss, Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy and heart diseases.
  2. They may also provide cure for many kinds of cancers because it will enable the doctors to take out the organs affected by such diseases and use the stem cells of the patient themselves to re-grow the organs. Organs which can be re-grown are pancreas, liver and may others.


 Cons of stem cells research

  1. The human body may not accept embryonic stem cells through transplants because no process is there to generate them. They may even become a cause for tumors if they are used straight from undistinguished culture prep.
  2. The embryonic stem cells remain in controversy because the cells are taken from human embryos by disassembling them. Then, the component cells are cultivated in culture.
  3. The belief that life starts at conception states to facilitate the stem cells employed in research should be given a position of human beings and get a legal treatment.
This source is more talking about why stem cells can be good and beneficial towards humans and also why it can be a very dividing and hurtful issue for many. The article also goes on to talk in great detail about the ethical dilemma and why embryos need a moral status and need to be treated as a fully developed human life.   

]]> 2016-12-23 13:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_scheel580/kec83zw502sl/wish/144739563 Ten Problems with Embryonic Stem Cell Research kyle_scheel580 https://padlet.com/kyle_scheel580/kec83zw502sl/wish/144740282 http://www.icr.org/article/ten-problems-with-embryonic-stem-cell-research/

our understanding of embryonic development as provided by cloning technology could force not only those who participate in ESCR specifically, but also those who participate in in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures generally, to recognize there is no real preembryo—embryo distinction and that all human life begins at conception. Therefore, as a nation, we should rightly adjust the moral and legal treatment and status of all embryos to people not property from the point of conception.

Once put into the petri dish, the un-programmed cells can be manipulated to multiply and divide endlessly into specific cell types. The question regarding use of the term pluripotent is whether stem cells emptied into the petri dish can reform the trophoblast creating an implantable embryo of the originally sacrificed embryo?

this is big business and offers great fame and fortune to the pioneers and biotech companies who master their secrets and harness the power of life through ESCR.

This article is describing all of the issues and flaws that definitely do come with stem cell research. The source talks about the money issues surrounding stem cell research and it also shows how divided we are on this issue as a nation that nothing will ever truly get done. ]]> 2016-12-23 13:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_scheel580/kec83zw502sl/wish/144740282