ABSTRACT Stem cells have offered much hope by promising to greatly extend the numbers and range of patients who could benefit from transplants‚ and to provide cell replacement therapy to treat debilitating diseases such as diabetes‚ Parkinson ’s and Huntington ’s disease. The issue of stem cell research is politically charged‚ prompting biologists to begin engaging in ethical debates‚ Stem cell research offers great promise for understanding basic mechanisms of human development and differentiation
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Stem cell research represents a new opportunity for ethical thought and debate. Stem cells are primitive cells which have yet to specialize. Through proper coaxing‚ stem cells can be made to differentiate into usable body cells and eventually used for medical treatment. Though stem cell technology has been in development since the 1960’s‚ it was not until August of 2001‚ when then-president George W. Bush announced that federal funds could be allotted to embryonic stem cell research‚ that the
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Indonesia- not a Building Block for Globalization The world is getting smaller‚ just as a California poppy grows smaller as it closes in on itself every night. The flower grows closer together by drawing its petals inward so that they become much closer to the rest of the petals. The poppy does this to protect its pollen. The world is getting smaller and growing closer together due to globalization. Globalization is the rising of the global economy. As more and more markets trade with each other
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1. The building blocks of competitive advantage include quality‚ customer responsiveness‚ innovation‚ and efficiency. Quality from a restaurant standpoint is getting what you pay for. To purchase an item such as wine from a restaurant that costs ninety-seven dollars per glass would have to be of good quality‚ as opposed to purchasing Boons Farm‚ and this costing you the same price. Quality is important in that if your company doesn’t posses good quality yet charges its customers for this inexistent
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Sepulveda Bio. Anthro. Tues 6-9 Cell Replacement and Stem Cell Therapy to Treat Neurodegenerative Disease Stem cell therapy is being used to treat neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS‚ commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The disease itself‚ new therapies and treatments‚ along with a cure are currently being studied by universities and stem cell researchers. ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease which attacks the neurons in the brain and
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kill‚ stem cells may be the greatest advancement of human science and medicine; but they also may become the greatest failure. There are those who would do anything to advance stem cell research and unlock their potentially enlightening secrets; however‚ there are also those who would go to any means to halt and destroy progress‚ mentioning words such as “ethics‚” “morals‚” and “God.” But what critics don’t understand are the potential benefits‚ as well as new‚ “ethical” sources‚ of stem cells. The
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The embryonic stem cells‚ which are pluripotent cells that are derived from the inner cell mass of the pre-implantation embryo at the blastocyst stage. They are considered as an important finding as they have the potential of self-renewal and differentiate indefinitely into the three germ layers‚ the endoderm‚ mesoderm and the ectoderm. The human embryonic stem cells were considered to be useful in clinical applications‚ as they have the potential to be used in cell therapies on diseases like Parkinson’s
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Stem Cell Research Products - Opportunities‚ Tools‚ and Technologies Stem cells are primitive cells found in all multi-cellular organisms that are characterized by self-renewal and the capacity to differentiate into any mature cell type. Stem cells are still a relatively new discovery‚ as the first mouse embryonic stem cells were derived from embryos in 1981‚ but it was not until 1995 that the first successful culturing of embryonic stem cells from non-human primates occurred and not until November
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Stem cell research and use is a good idea because it saves lives‚ it can treat really bad diseases‚ it can give people a better life‚ and because stem cells could treat even more illnesses in the future. I think that stem cell research and use is a good idea because it saves the lives of many people and it cures diseases. According to the article Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy ‘Morally Unacceptable’ by Josephine Quintavalle states “An estimated 56 diseases have been treated with the use of adult
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Stem Cell Research NAME American Military University Abstract This Paper explores the fine lines of study regarding Stem Cell Research. We’ll discuss the Stem Cell basics to include the importance for use‚ the effects of repairing the body‚ and the possible benefits to curing diseases and illnesses. As well shed light on the Ethics regarding the use of Stem Cells. To include but not limited to the debate regarding the procedure is immorally wrong (ethically speaking)‚ the death of
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