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    time I heard about stem cell research, but I remember when it first stood out to me was when quarterback Peyton Manning went over to Europe to get stem cell therapy done on his neck to prevent him from getting surgery done. Stem cells offer much hope for medical advancement because of their ability to grow into almost any kind of cell. Stem cells are crucial to develop organisms. They are non-specialized cells which have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body

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    Unspecialised Stem Cells

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    Stem cells are cells which can be specialised to become any type of cell which is required in the body. Stem cells come from the embryos formed during the blastocyst period and from adult tissue. Adult stem cells which are found throughout the body are found in different types of tissue. Stem cells are found in tissue such as bone-marrow, blood vessels, skin and the liver. Stem cells are referred to as blank cells because they are unspecialised and do not have any particular function. The role

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    The Types Of Stem Cells

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    Stem cells are cells that have the ability to divide indefinitely and can become specialized cells because they are undifferentiated. These cells are found in various tissues and can be grown and kept in culture. They are able to produce identical copies of themselves and are able to develop into cells of different tissues or organs. There are three main types of stem cells. Pluripotent stem cells can differentiate into any type of cell within the organism; an example of pluripotent cells are embryonic

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    Stem Cell Research

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    . Stem cell is a cell that has the ability to change into several or multiple types of cells or into any cell type in the body. There are two main types of stem cells, adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cells are found in cells that have only undergone the first few dozen cycles of growth and division following the fusion of egg and sperm. These cells are pluripotent and can be maintained so that they grow and divide indefinitely without differentiating. Likewise, they

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    4/4/16 Adult Stem Cells vs. Embryonic Stem Cells “The unspecialized cells are differentiated cells created are known as stem cells” (Miller Ph.D., Levine Ph.D., 2012). Embryonic and Adult stem cells are the only types of stem cells. Stem cell research shows a good deal of promise in the aiding of curing diseases. Both embryonic and adult stem cells show promise in curing diseases, but it is unclear which type of stem cell is more effective. The human embryo for embryonic stem cell research requires

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    Introduction Stem cells have the potential to differentiate into other cells or divide to produce more stem cells. There are two main types: pluripotent stem cells and adult stem cells. The adult stem cells only produce certain types of cells and are categorised as multipotent. In contrast, pluripotent stem cells have the ability to differentiate into any body cell (Stemcellfoundation.net.au, 2015); for example embryonic stem cells were first identified by Martin Evans in 1981 at The University

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    technology is stem cells. Stem cells are “specialized cells that can self-renew indefinitely and that can also differentiate into more mature cells with specialized functions”(Stem 12). These cells are able to divide itself for indefinite periods. They generate a lot and are able to create new cells, it especially has the potential to either remain as a stem cell or become another type of cell with a more specialized function; such as a muscle cell, a red blood cell, or a brain cell (Ruse 56). In

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    Regenerative Stem Cells

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    diseases, stem cells should be utilized as a treatment because they are easily accessible

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    The Ethics Of Stem Cell

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    Ethic in Stem Cell We have an amazing items in our body called stem cells. Stem cells are cells that have the ability to transform into any type of tissue cell in the human body. After a sperm fertilizes an egg, the cell they form is known as a zygote or a totipotent cell. This cell goes through numerous mitotic divisions and after about four days forms a blastocyst. This blastocyst has an outer layer and an inner layer, part of which is hollow. The outer layer grows to form what will become the

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    Embryonic Stem Cells or No? Did you know that since 1981, researchers have been removing embryonic stem cells from thousands of embryos to create cells that could potentially save people from diseases? How many patients do you think this has helped since then? Hundreds? Thousands? Wrong. In fact, not one “cure” has been found to help people with Parkinson’s, cancer, heart disease and so many more rare diseases that it is said to be able to help. Embryonic stem cell research has been an issue in

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