Stem Cell Research: Course Project Law310‚ Professor Smith DeVry University April 10‚ 2010 Stem Cell Research: Course Project Law310‚ Professor Smith DeVry University April 10‚ 2010 Introduction Stem cell research is an extremely controversial topic within the United States and other countries. Every so often‚ new stem cell guidelines will change base on new bills present for consideration. Stem cell research laws are derived from President views. Stem cell research is so controversial
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Suddenly‚ stem cells are everywhere. Once relegated to the depths of esoteric health journals‚ the microscopic clusters have made their way to the nation�s front pages. The complexity and drama surrounding these relatively simple cells has increased due a ticking clock: By the end of the month‚ President Bush is scheduled to decide whether to continue federal funding for stem cell research. The question of using stem cells for research is intrinsically scientific‚ and yet has become the political
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Stem Cell Research Stem cell research is no longer a future unrealistic concept‚ it is here and having enormous impacts on the medical field. Stem cells are the primary cells that can be trained to develop into any human cell tissue such as muscle‚ skin‚ and brain. However‚ in embryonic stem cell research‚ to retrieve stem cells from embryos requires a process called therapeutic cloning where a person’s DNA is put into an unfertilized human egg (effectively cloning a person)‚ the embryo is then
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" StemBook. Hardvard Stem Cell Institute‚ 31 Mar. 2009. Web. 26 Mar. 2011. <http://www.stembook.org/node/582>. Kaufman‚ Dan S.‚ et al. Human Embryonic Stem Cells Differentiate into a Homogeneous Population of Natural Killer Cells with Potent in vivo Antitumor Activity. Minneapolis: Blood‚ 2009. Blood. Web. 1 Apr. 2011. <http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/>. Witty‚ Nancy‚ dir. Home Page. International Society for Stem Cell Research. N.p
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The Importance of Stem Cell Research Over the last decade the use of stem cells has been a controversial and heated topic. Debates have exploded over every aspect of stem cell research in nearly every region of the world. It has been speculated by scientists that stem cell research may have the power to potentially cure incredibly harmful diseases or even regrown organs. However some find that the health issues seen in earlier attempts to use stem cell transplants and ethical controversies involved
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Medical Issues- Stem Cells Click on The Nature of Stem Cells to answer the following questions. 1.) Compare a stem cell and a specialized cell. Specialized cells carry out specific functions. These specialized cells are called differentiated cells. On the other hand‚ a stem cell is undifferentiated. Its role in the body is not yet determined. A stem cell can give rise to multiple cell types‚ including many stem cells. 2.) Describe a blastocyst. The blastocyst looks like a lopsided hollow ball
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fertilized egg cell divides millions of times to form the approximately six billion cells that make up the human body. These types of cells (4 to 7 day old embryo) are called embryonic stem cells that are unspecialized and have the ability to renew themselves and give rise to specialized cell types (they have not yet developed into cells that perform a specific function). A stem cell is uncommitted and remains that way‚ until it receives a signal to develop into a specialized cell‚ unlike a heart
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Stem Cell Research 1. Stem Cells a. b. Cells that can divide b.i. Can renew themselves through cell division b.ii. Can become tissue or organ specific cells. b.iii. Can repair damaged organs/bones. c. Popular kinds of stem cells c.i. Embryonic stem cells c.ii. Somatic/adult stem cells 2. a.i. Diseases in America/Figures 1. Heart Disease (non institutionalized) a. 26.5 million b. Death Rank: 1 2. Cancer a. 19 million diagnosed (non institutionalized) b. Death Rank: 2 Negative
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Introduction Human embryonic stem cells (hES cells) are currently discussed not only by the biologists by whom they were discovered but also by the medical profession‚ media‚ ethicists‚ governments and politicians. There are several reasons for this. On the one hand‚ these ‘super cells’ have a major clinical potential in tissue repair‚ with their proponents believing that they represent the future relief or cure of a wide range of common disabilities; replacement of defective cells in a patient by transplantation
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showing that he had used cells from human embryos‚ which were then discarded‚ to devise stem cells‚ cells that are the initial undeveloped form of all human cells and can therefore be used to replace any damaged‚ diseased or disabled cell. Upon the release of Thompson’s studies involving stem-cells and the subsequent destruction of human embryos the United States media‚ health care system and government have been enraptured in a contentious debate over the use of stem-cells and their research. While
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