A LETTER TO A FRIEND
A LETTER TO A FRIEND
My dearest friend, I am so sorry to hear about the accident. Sometimes bad things happen to good people and we do not know why. Then out of nowhere good things happen that make you wonder if the bad was suppose to happen to make you better than before. I was so pleased to hear that the medical team chose you as a candidate to participate in their clinical trial with stem cell therapy. I know that you are a little scared because you do not quit understand but luckily you have a friend like me who is going to shed some light on what I have learned on this subject. Now I know that you have not taken a science class since high school so I will break it down for you as much as I can. Stem cells have the capability to grow into different kind of cells while in the body either early or during the growth. What is so special about these cells arte that they can either stay as they were, a stem cell, or they can become a different cell. For example remember when we went to go see Spiderman 3, the ones with Toby McGuire. It was a villain named the “Venom” and when he put the suit on it became apart of him. When he was hurt the suit healed him. That is kind of what a stem cell does. It repairs and renews old tissues, cells, and organs. These cells have two characteristics that separate them from other cells. First they could be inactive for a long time but it would still be able to conduct the renewing process on cells. Second, with the right conditions they can become tissue or a specific kind of organ cell with special functions. Recently there have become three types of stem cells but only two are primarily used for the human body. They are embryonic stem cells and somatic or adult stem cells. Embryotic stem cells are cells that have been taken from eggs that have been fertilized in-vitro style and are now grown in a laboratory. Interesting fact, they use mouse skin so that the cells have something to attach to. An adult stem cells primary
My dearest friend, I am so sorry to hear about the accident. Sometimes bad things happen to good people and we do not know why. Then out of nowhere good things happen that make you wonder if the bad was suppose to happen to make you better than before. I was so pleased to hear that the medical team chose you as a candidate to participate in their clinical trial with stem cell therapy. I know that you are a little scared because you do not quit understand but luckily you have a friend like me who is going to shed some light on what I have learned on this subject. Now I know that you have not taken a science class since high school so I will break it down for you as much as I can. Stem cells have the capability to grow into different kind of cells while in the body either early or during the growth. What is so special about these cells arte that they can either stay as they were, a stem cell, or they can become a different cell. For example remember when we went to go see Spiderman 3, the ones with Toby McGuire. It was a villain named the “Venom” and when he put the suit on it became apart of him. When he was hurt the suit healed him. That is kind of what a stem cell does. It repairs and renews old tissues, cells, and organs. These cells have two characteristics that separate them from other cells. First they could be inactive for a long time but it would still be able to conduct the renewing process on cells. Second, with the right conditions they can become tissue or a specific kind of organ cell with special functions. Recently there have become three types of stem cells but only two are primarily used for the human body. They are embryonic stem cells and somatic or adult stem cells. Embryotic stem cells are cells that have been taken from eggs that have been fertilized in-vitro style and are now grown in a laboratory. Interesting fact, they use mouse skin so that the cells have something to attach to. An adult stem cells primary