A stem cell is a cell whose job has not been decided yet (kind of like high school students). Over time, the daughter cells of a stem cell will differentiate into cells with specific structures and functions. Follow the link to explore the source and research being done with stems cells: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/tech/stemcells/ and answer the following:
-What are some of the benefits of stem cell research?
-What are the risks of stem cell research?
- Who can benefit from stem cell research?
- Why are some people against stem cell research?
Answer each question in 2-3 sentences. Take your time to read the information in all of the links at the University of Utah site (take a look at the animations too). My recommendation- answer 1-2 questions a night on a piece of paper and then type in your entire response by Thursday night (just trying to help you manage your time!).
27 comments:
1. Some of the benefits of stem cell research are for scientists to find out how development works and to find new ways of treating health problems. Also, to figure out possible ways for the body to function further and repair itself.
2. Ethical issues are those that ask us to consider the potential moral outcomes of stem cell technologies. Legal issues require researchers and the public to help policymakers decide whether and how stem cell technologies should be regulated by the government. Social issues involve the impact of stem cell technologies on society as a whole. In. general, people question how far can we actually take stem cell technology until it gets to be unsafe or unhealthy. These are the type of problems that come along with stem cell research.
3. Everyone can benefit from stem cell research. The point of it is to discover new ways to help the body repair itself. Curing an injury or restoring damaged tissue is what stem cells are good for. Everyone can use some help with natural body complications. Therefore, in the end it could help all of human society.
4. There are positives and negatives that come along with stem cell research. People constantly question, as I mentioned earlier, how far should they go? Technology can only take you so far in the hands of nature. Stem cells may help you through certain health issues, but if its not meant to happen naturally, who says it suppose to happen at all? Another wondering question people have about the money the government is putting towards stem cell research, and if it’s truly worth giving.
Erica Vignola.
1.) some benefits of stem cell research are the cell can transform into whatever its told to. new proteins will the cell look & act like the cell type it's soposed to become. example; it could turn into a red blood cell & can help with a cut. As the cell matures it can produce hemoglobin.
2.) Some risks of stem cell research is that something could go wrong. an example would be if the cell mutates it could be a new cancer cell & keep replicating. technology can also be questioned into if they find a way to take over the cell into something bad.
3.) everyone can benifit from stem cell research because they can see what kind of cells some people need & they can get thoes cells from this. it's good because it helps anyone who needs certain cells.
4.) some people are against the stem cell research because of technology. they might think let nature take its course & not fix it mechanically.
1)bone marrow transplant, which is used to treat leukemia and other types of cancer, as well as various blood disorders, is treated with stem cell research. Umbilical cord blood stem cell transplants are less prone to rejection than either bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells.
Both the versatility and availability of umbilical cord blood stem cells makes them a potent resource for transplant therapies.
2)One risk of stem cell research in use is obtaining cancer, and destruction of embryos for those who are pregnant.
3)people with leukemia, bone marrow, and other diseases can be treated with the contribution of stem cell research.
4)Ethical issues are those that ask us to consider the potential moral outcomes of stem cell technologies. For example, many people feel it is wrong to be particular about reproducing life.
1)bone marrow transplant, which is used to treat leukemia and other types of cancer, as well as various blood disorders, is treated with stem cell research. Umbilical cord blood stem cell transplants are less prone to rejection than either bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells.
Both the versatility and availability of umbilical cord blood stem cells makes them a potent resource for transplant therapies.
2)One risk of stem cell research in use is obtaining cancer, and destruction of embryos for those who are pregnant.
3)people with leukemia, bone marrow, and other diseases can be treated with the contribution of stem cell research.
4)Ethical issues are those that ask us to consider the potential moral outcomes of stem cell technologies. For example, many people feel it is wrong to be particular about reproducing life.
1. One benefit of stem cell research is that it enables scientists to learn more about development and how it works. Another benefit is that stem cells are able to restore tissues that have been harmed/damaged in the body.
2. One issue is having to do with society. Stem cell research impacts society as a whole. Another risk is having to do with money. Researchers may not be able to affor it so they believe that the government should help pay for the research.
3. Everyone can benefit from Stem cell research. This research helps determine information about body and cell development, so everybody can benefit from that. All people can also learn how harmed tissues get repaired from stem cell research.
4. People are against stem cell research because of a reason mentioned above- money. If it is unaffordable, and government won't help, the research won't happen. Also, people do not want to take it too far. For example, in the future, it is possible that researchers will be able to make a whole organ, but people want natural body parts. People must determine if this is worth their time to develope un-natural body parts.
Carly Greer.
1. Some benifits of stem cell reasearch is that scientists can develop a better understanding of why peple don't live forever. It is also a way to help an injured person become better, by repairing the damaged tissue.
2. Ethnical issues make scientists consider the moral outcomes of their technologies. Also legal issues require policymakers to decide how the technolgy should be regulated by the government. Another issue would be social issues and how they impact society as a unit. No matter what topic is being reasearched there will always be problems along the way.
3. Everyone can benifit form stem cell research because there is always an chance you're goning to need in in the future. Also because people who are suffering form diseases such as leukemia can get the help that they need to be cured.
4. Some people are against stem cell reasearch because they are afraid society will become too dependant on technology. Like they will think were not letting nature run its corse.
Megan Corey
1) Some of the benefit to stem cell research is that it can restore injured tissues. With stem cell research, it might be possible to heal scars and wounds.2) A possible risk of stem cell research is that it could form tumors. The tumors could turn into cancer and might even kill people.
3) Many people could benefit from stem cell research. The elderly and sick could benefit the most because stem cells could possibly save their lives.
4) Some people are against stem cell research because of ethics. Some people beleive that embryos are living things. They also think that embryos shouldn't be harvested for any reason at all.
Dan-anh Tran
1.Some of the benefits of cell stem research is you could maybe change a stem cell that is neccessary to you at the moment. Also this could help scientist to lead to new experiements health wise that could help us in the future.
2. Some risks are if the stem cells turn cells into a bad cell such as cancer. Also another risk is it can turn into a tumor.
3. This benefits people because body parts might be able to heal themself now. Also this will lead to a lot more medical accomplishments. People with diseases can try and use this to help heal them from the disease.
4. Some people are against this because it goes against nature people may just want people to live out there normal life. So they dont' want to go against nature and also there would include a lot of money that people would have to put into the science experiment. Also if they finally finish there experiments and use stem cells for people it may be very costly.
1.We can repair tissues that other wise can not repair themselves, such as brain tissues.
2.We can become so dependent on it so that we can all be the same in every way.Also we are killing babys to get the stem cells.
3.Anyone with a problems such as brain damage or any ogan damage.
4.Some people are against stem cell research because in order to get the stem cells you have to get them from unborn babys and that would mean killing them.
1)Some are of stem cells are they are used as experimental models and the stem cells can be grown to fix some ones organs.
2)Social issues involve the impact of stem cell technologies on society as a whole.
3)People that need organ transplants or people that are sick with diseases.
4)Some people are against stem cells research because stems cell can only come from unborn babies which brings up the whole abortion issue.
1. Some benefits of stem cell research is that dangerous and painful operations like a bone marrow transplant may be almost eliminated.
2. One of the risks is the risk of doing something wrong. We are still experimenting so it is potentially dangerous. There are many unknown and possibly dangerous side effects like cell mutation to cause a new disease or a new strand of a virus. Although it is promising, we must be very careful with stem cells.
3. Researching stem cells can be good for everyone, but not everyone will want to be treated with it. It goes against several religions and many people think it is morally wrong.
4. Stem cell research raises an ethical question. Some people think that it isn't right to mess with natures course and to let the body deal with it naturally. Also many religions go against this type of thing, and people wont want treatment if their religion will shun them.
1.Some benefits of stem cell research is that scientist are figuring out new ways to cure some diseases, such as sickle cell anemia.
2.Ethical issues make us think about our health and beleifs, Legal issues require the public to help decide how much Stem Cell Research should be used.
3.Everyone can benfiet from stem cell research, the point of it is to find cures for diseases and help heal the body so that people can live longer, happier lives.
4.Some people are against cell research because it goes against their beleifs and traditons.
Benefits- to find the cures to many different body illnesses.
Ethical issues- Tampering with nature(religion)
Who can benefit- Everybody :)
People are against it because of their religious beliefs.
Matthew Ferguson
1). One benifit of stem cell research are that they can help improve or repair/replace damaged tissue. Another benifit is they help discover new therapies.
2). There are legal issues with stem cell research, also ethical issues and social issues.
3). people who have the folowing illnesses : heart disease, corneal damage, sickle cell anemia, multiple sclerosis and many other diseases.
4). Some people that are against this can be general people or religious or anti-abortion groups. They belive that the human embryo is still a human being, so taking this and basically "testing" it and using it to help someone else is killing it.
Andrew McCormick :D
Benefits of stem cell research is that if helps scientists to dicover more of stem development and how they work. It also helps them to understand what causes it, and hopefully if there's a way to fix it.
There are many things that can go wrong during stem cell research. Stem cell technology can become very unhealthy and even unsafe. People with ceratin conditions or disorders probably should not undergo this procedure. During this procedure, it is possible that tumors can grow and can result in killing the patient.
Everyone can benefit from stem cell research. Whether one has a disease or disorder, or it runs in the family, everyone is open to getting diseases even though some have a higher chance than others. In the event that someone develops a problem, a better solution could be found to fix it.
Many people are against stem cell research. It is because of social and economic issues. They feel taht there is too much to risk; there is a huge amount of people to put on the line. There is also the issue of cost. Stem cell research needs a lot of funding to afford it taking place.
1) some benefits of the stem cell research are for the people to fgure out how their development works. The scientists can fix the damaged tissue as well and the injured person.
2) Some risks are that something could go horribly wrong. This could be like turing into cancer, and that would only spread. It could damage people by making bad cells.
3) People who can benefit is anyone suffering severe damage, or problems. Also, just everyone in general.
4) Some people are against this because of the techology being used, the risks that could result in it, and also having the thought of abortion.
Alexa Bertolini
1) Some of the benefits of the stem cell research are that the scientists can use it to help people who are injured or have some type of health problem. For example, if someone had a broken tissue that cannot repair itself, scientists can transplant stem cells in place of the tissue to make it healthy for the human.
2)There are many ways in which stem cell research has issues as well. This issues can include ethical, legal and social issues. The ethical issues are the ones that ask us people to consider any potential outcomes of stem cell research. The legal issues require all researchers & the public to help the policymakers to decide whether the stem cell technologies should be overseen by the government. The social issues involve the impact the stem cell cell technologies have on our society in general.
3) Everyone in our world can benefit from stem cell research in some way or another. But especially for those who have many health related problems, this type of research can be very beneficial to there survival.
4)People may be against the use of stem cell research for many reasons. Most likely, people dont like the fact of all the issues & procautions that come along using this type of technology. Citizens in our society might not want to take a chance in using something that they dont know much about.
1. Benefit of stem cell research is knowing how the developement of cells works.Also, they can potentially restore bone and skin tissue.
2.A risk for stem cell research is that the cell could become a cancer tumor or something else. There is also an ethical issue that people think we are wasting money on this.
3.There is no one who can't benfit fromstem cell research.People who will be majorly effected are people with disease and who need tissue restored.
4.People are against the research because it costs money to do the reseach. Many people think that the money used for stem cell research can be more beneficial for other things.
1. The benefits of stem cell research is that scientists can learn more about developing cells and the body too. With stem cell research we can also figure out why we get old and why we get sick.
2. Some of the risks from stem cell research is to think about the outcome of the technology. Also, it could form tumors.
3. People that can benefit from stem cell research are people that have spinal chord injuries, diabetes, heart disease, burns, and limb amputations.
4. People are against stem cell research because it involves possible killing unborn babies and I think anyone who is not okay with abortion would not be okay with stem cell research.
Erin G.
Stem cell research can cure many things like being paralyzed.I have also heared the childrens luekimea can be cured with stem cells. Also stem cells can help the body to created new organs out side of the body so there would be no chance of rejection. I think we should study the use of stem cells.
Some benefits are that it can help regrow damaged tissue. It can help patients with certain cancers, like leukemia.
Some risks are that of getting cancer or having a miscarriage. There are also those of ethical issues as well as moral. Also there are legal issues that could arise.
Patients with Leukemia can receive the benefits of stem cells, because the umbilical cord used is less prone to rejection than either bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells. Therefore aiding in their fight.
Embryos are being used in the procedure of the research. Many have strong religious beliefs that these embryos are already living things and it is wrong to use them.
1. One benefit of stem cell research is that it enables scientists to learn more about development and how it works. Another benefit is that stem cells are able to restore tissues that have been harmed/damaged in the body.
2. One issue is having to do with society. Stem cell research impacts society as a whole. Another risk is having to do with money. Researchers may not be able to afford it so they believe that the government should help pay for the research.
3. Everyone can benefit from Stem cell research. This research helps determine information about body and cell development, so everybody can benefit from that. All people can also learn how harmed tissues get repaired from stem cell research.
4. People are against stem cell research because of a reason mentioned above money. If it is unaffordable, and government won't help, the research won't happen. Also, people do not want to take it too far. For example, in the future, it is possible that researchers will be able to make a whole organ, but people want natural body parts. People must determine if this is worth their time to develope un-natural body parts.
1. Stem cell research obviously has some apparent benefits, all pertaining to the medical field. With the right amount of research, we could virtually repair whole body parts and just grow them externally. Or, we may be even able to cure certain diseases.
2. The ethical issue may be one of the most alarming risks involved in the research. Babies would need to be 'aborted' before they even are given a shot at life, and are sacrificing their life for the potential of others. What if stem cell research doesnt progresss? Then their our lives given up with out purpose.
3. Anyone who has lost a body part or needs a transplant that their body won't reject could hugely benefit from this research. Damaged tissue or just body parts and general can be repaired, and possibly more, depending on where the research takes us
4. People object, because they have a moral opposition to abortion, in general or just pre-development murdering, as somewould put it. any type of abortion is a tough choice, but at the same time brings criticism. the way of obtaining stem cells is widely contraversal.
Some benefits of stem cell research is that they can heal damaged tissue that is beyond repair. Scientists have found that transplant of stem cells works better than getting the stem cells already in your body to work harder. If it is used to treat Parkinson's disease, it could lessen the symptoms. there would also be tumor formation which makes it very risky. This procedure helps because body parts that couldn't heal before the stem cells were put in can heal now. this can save many lives and change many lives. Some people are against stem cell research because it goes against their morals. There are also people against it because it cost a lot of money that they do not have.
Daniel Gross
1. Some benefits of stem cell research is discovering how the developement of cells works. Also, they can potentially restore bone and skin virtually cure any disease.
2. Some problems with stem cell research are societal issues. It is somethines considered unethical.
3. Anyone with some sort of disease can benefit from stem cell research. Damaged tissue or just body parts can be repaired by this.
4. Stem cell research can be very expensive. Also, as mentioned above, it can be considered unethincal, and it may be taking technology too far.
Kayla Johnson.
Stem cell research may benefit by creating new ways to treat diseases. Once doctors can use the cells they will have more successful treatment. There are some beliefs that stem cell research may affect society, because of ethical, and issues of belief. It also is very expensive to fund the research and create a successful outcome. Patients dealing with cancer, or failed organs may benefit from the research and treatment. some people are against the research because of religious reasons. They believe that using stem cells may be controlling the fate of the person. Doctors would have a great effect on the life of the patient, and it may control life or death.
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