Stem+Cells+-+MJ

=What does this cell do?=

=Where do they come from?=

=What makes a stem cell a stem cell?=

=What can`t stem cells fix/repair=

=What are the controversys on stem cells=

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=Introduction=

What if you could re-grow your skin, eyes, lungs,or heart? Well,with this new scientific breakthrough in stem cells. Stem cells can regrow almost every single cell in the body, plus if you really wanted you could regrow some plant, and animal cells.Find what ``super powers`` stem cells have and what their limitations are, and with all these great qualities, there has to be a catch, find what these are and more, in stem cells 101.

=what does this cell do= The cells function is that it can turn into almost any cell,and reproduce into itself and a different cell. But once it turned into a certain specified cell, every time it reproduces, it will turn into the same cell, not a stem cell. It can fix disease like Parkinson's, burned skin, loss of eyesight,and can heal hearts, and brains ,along with many other disease by replacing the damaged cells with new, healthy grown cells. We are also working on curing cancer with these cells.stem cells are really life saving. To many people though these can be too expensive, so we are trying find a less expensive way to harvest and grow stem cells,so that people who really need them but can't afford them can get them. The reason they are so expensive is where they are grown, high tech labs with advanced equipment.Another reason that they are so expensive, is the way they are harvested, many doctors have to kill embryos to get the cells, if not harvested that way,doctors take adult cells and transforms them into acting and being like embryonic cells which is just the same, if not more expensive.



=where do stem cells come from=

Stem cells can come from embryos,umbilical cord blood, and adult bone marrow. Doctors try to restrain using embryos, because much damage is done to the embryo, taking the life of what would later be a child.But since embryo stem cells are more desirable, we have found a way to make adult cells act like embryonic cells. The main reason the embryonic cell is so wanted is because they are more flexible, they can fit into almost every shape and form of a cell, and they can grow into a different cell without losing as much personal information as an adult cell, but doctors are willing to sacrifice these lives, for,a scientific break-through may be just around the corner.

A stem cell must be able to reproduce without becoming a specific specimen. It also must be able to produce a cell other than itself. An example is a stem cell reproduces and turns into a skin cell, once it reproduces again.It will now always grow into a skin cell.Though there is no right way to preserve stem cells, but some of the modern current ways we are preserving stem cells today include, freezing, heating them,and putting them into a preservation solution, which has a substance called dimethy sulfoxide in it. If you put any other foreign substances in, or on the stem cells such as preservatives,they lose their capability to reproduce into different cells.If you also chemically alter or modify the cell, it can become very perilous because you would have foreign chemicals in your body and, also, the cell may not proceed it's proper commission in the body, and cause further problems.

stem cells are a very special cell,because they are the first of their kind and can achieve many things like lungs, hearts, and we are currently working on The Big C, Cancer.these cells are the cells of the future,and can get us places medically we never thought we would achieve in the 21st century. these cells can mean we can live longer, say your eyes are going, or your hearing,memory, or nearly any part of your body, stem cells can fix almost all of the problems listed.

The stem cells have an adamantine juncture fixing the liver, the kidney, and cancer, because of the positions they have to get into in order to do it’s job. Embryonic cells are surpassing because they are more flexible,and have an easier, though it is still unyielding, time getting into the proper stance or position in the body, therefore stem cells can fix, or repair these organs or diseases but,is very complex, and is not understanded by __some__ of the scientists who try to fix these organs or diseases. But, in the near future, we may overcome these hardships and cure many people.though these cells have an enduring life span, but they need a good terrain to dwell in to keep that vitality so essential to scientists research,and cure people

the controversies are that doctors have to kill the embryo, in order to get the cells. so many people believe that the doctors are taking a human life, and want this to stop. so doctors resorted to taking cells from the umbilical cords. also,since embryonic stem cells are more desirable, doctors and scientists found a way to treat adult cells to make them act like embryonic cells. they do this by growing them in a restricted lab with many serums and many high tech mechanisms. but if you want to buy adult cells made into embryonic cells are even more expensive, due to the facts that they are expensive to make to the fact that the neuron of the cell, has to be reset, if you will, to make the adult cell like an embryonic once again. And since you're deleting all memory of a cell, that will be very costly, in terms of materials,tools ,and many more variables. making this a very expensive product.

stem cells are a very special cell,because they are the first of their kind and can achieve many things like lungs, hearts, and we are currently working on The Big C, Cancer.these cells are the cells of the future,and can get us places medically we never thought we would achieve in the 21st century. these cells can mean we can live longer, say your eyes are going, or your hearing,memory, or nearly any part of your body, stem cells can fix almost all of the problems listed.