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What are potential uses for stem cells?
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Why is it that a stem cell has potential medical uses?
Stem cells have so much potential in research because they have the ability to develop into any type of cell. Your body is made up of many different types of cells: red blood cells, white blood cells, glial cells, neurons, and muscle cells, just to name a few. By manipulating stem cells, the possibility for many different things arises in science. Could we regenerate an arm? Grow a heart? Replace lost neurons, the cells responsible for sensation and motor movement? There are two types of stem cells: adult stem cells, which are found in the umbilical cord, placenta and most adult tissue and those made from newly developed fetuses, called embryonic stem cells. This is where the controversy lies. Where do you draw the line when using fetuses (killing life) for medical research (possibly prolonging the life of those who have already been living for a significant period of time)?
Why do adult stem cells currently have fewer uses in therapeutic cloning that embryonic stem cells?
Adult stem cells are more specalized than their embryonic counterparts, embryonic stem cells can become any cell whereas adult stem cells can only be used to form certain cells.
Stem cell can cure what?
Some say stem cells could some day heal the heart, eyes, etc..
What are some of the positive and negative uses of stem cell therapy?
Stem cell therapy can help your body repair itself by using stem cells which can become any healthy type of cell. The cons of stem cell therapy are that many people think that it is unethical and it is difficult to harvest stem cells.
Medical uses of stem cells?
There are many types of medical uses of stem cells but here are some major ones: 1. Heart disease 2. Fetal brain 3. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or motor neuron disease).
How might stem cells help when the spinal cord is damaged?
The stem cell uses the special regenerative cells which will help when the spinal cord is damaged.
What are the newest medical technologies that are used in practice today?
Some of the newest medical technologies are the uses of Stem Cells, microchips that can detect cancer, portable brain coolers to increase the amount of time a heart attack victim can be resuscitated and a new catalyst that will make the productions of pharmaceuticals much cheaper.
What are some benefits of researching stem cells?
Cells function in different parts of the body. Stem cells are cells that have not yet formed into a perticular kind of cell; i.e.- red blood cells, white blood cells, skin cells, etc. Scientists can "coax", if you will, the stem cells into any type of cell that they want/need. With stem cells, a person with, say, a blood disorder has the opportunity to go for a stem cell treatment, which would inject the cells into the affected part of the body. The scientists would have, by this point, made the stem cells into the type that the patient needs. With the new cells, the person has a very good chance of having the disorder cured.
What is a type of technology that uses stem cells to grow body parts?
tissue engineering
Stem cells are undifferentiated precursors of blood cells First identify some potential uses of stem cells in the teatment of blood diseases Next explain why umbilical cord blood is a good source of s?
Stem cells identify is the study of the tissues and organs in human development. The umbilical cord blood is a good source of S because it is used in bone marrow transplants also for peripheral blood.
A new type of technology that uses stem cells to grow body parts is called what?
tissue engineering
