Transcript Stem Cells
Stem Cells Carmen Vestergaard and Felicia Poelzer What is its purpose? • To cure and understand different diseases • Used to replace unhealthy and damaged tissues or organs • Used to safely test new drugs for effectiveness How does it work? Stem Cells can be taken from three different places adult Stem Cells, embryonic Stem Cells and cord Blood Stem Cells. These cells that are taken are used to help people with diseases. For example Parkinson's disease, Type I diabetes, Arthritis, Burn victims, and Cardiovascular diseases. The stem cells are used in therapies to help them. The nucleus is taken from the cell of the patient and placed in the stem cell. It is then put into the patient Benefits/Risks • Help people • Possibility of better treatments or cures • Can potentially reverse damage from heart attacks, Parkinson’s disease or genetic defects • Could be used to make new, healthy tissue for burn victims • Stem cell research also benefits other researches as well • Used to test safety of new drugs • Making the disease worse • In some countries the stem cells do not come from humans rather sharks or sheep for example • For great potential of growing like an organ is also great risk of tumors and masses • Some stem cell clinics are fakes Ethical considerations Stem cell research has always been a debate of morals. Some people believe that when destroying an early stage embryo you are killing a human life. Some other people believe it only has the potential of human life. The opinion depends on the way the embryo is viewed. Our opinion Our opinion is that an early stage embryo is a potential for human life and it could go towards helping save a living person now. As long as it is being used for the right purpose and is going towards advancement in medicine or helping people. Future implications Future implications of stem cells is; • Blindness • Growing organs • Cartilage • Any disease with damaged cells • New ways of delivering therapies • Improve therapies Bibliography "Stem cells: What they are and what they do." Mayo Clinic. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Jan. 2017. "What are the risks of stem cell therapy?" What are the risks of stem cell therapy? | NYSTEM. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2017. "Stem Cell Research." Pros and Cons. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2017. Advantages and Disadvantages of Stem Cell Research." OccupyTheory. N.p., 08 May 2015. Web. 06 Jan. 2017. " "Stem Cell Research." Stem Cell Research. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Jan. 2017. Kaye, Marcia. "The Big Promise of a Tiny Cell | Future of Stem Cell Medicine, Research at U of T and in Canada | By Marcia Kaye | Winter 2017 | University of Toronto Magazine." Winter 2017 University of Toronto Magazine The Big Promise of a Tiny Cell Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2017. "Risks of Stem Cell Treatments." StemCultures. N.p., 01 Mar. 2016. Web. 06 Jan. 2017. "Stem Cell Research and ‘Science vs. Religion’." Strange Notions. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Jan. 2017. "Benefits of Stem Cells." Benefits of Stem Cells. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2017. "Stem Cells | APL Microscopic." Stem Cells | APL Microscopic. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Jan. 2017. Embryonic stem cells." Popular Science. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Jan. 2017. http://magazine.utoronto.ca/feature/future-of-stem-cell-medicine-research-in-canada/ "Stem cell." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2017.