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BiologyUnderstanding Stem Cells
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What Are Cells?
In biology, cells are the basic structural and functional units that all living organisms are comprised of. All organisms are classified as being either unicellular or multicellular.... |
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BiologyUnderstanding Stem Cells
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Image A: shows human embryonic stem cells in their undifferentiated state.
Image B: shows neurons derived from human embryonic stems (i.e. neurons formed from stem cells).
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BiologyCloning
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I reckon that if a technique doesn't provide a benefit over what we already do it shouldn't be done. Whole body cloning has no advantages over having children normally so shouldn't be b... |
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Ailments & DiseaseHair Regeneration Using Stem Cells
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Scientists are learning so many amazing things about stem cells and what you can do with them. It's very realistic that within the science of stem cells lies the future of human health.
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Ethics & MoralityEthical Question Relating to Stem Cells From A Baby
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Here's a question/dilemma.
It's regarding the ethics of taking stem cells from a baby who is too young to provide consent. I am of the mind that taking cells from a person without their c... |
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Ethics & MoralityEthical Question Relating to Stem Cells From A Baby
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Ok. I will get to answering the question, but before, some data.
Stem cells are basically of 2 types relevant to this topic.
-adult stem cells (or post-natal stem cells)
-embryonic stem cells (p... |
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Destruction of Life
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Yes but it's only a single cell. you probably lose thousands or millions of cells over the span of a week. Personally I don't have a problem with stem cell research becasue a stem cell can b... |
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Ailments & DiseaseHair Regeneration Using Stem Cells
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yeah ok, this may work.
I am only against stem cell research that is done by taking stem cells from unborn children or babies. I am not against stem cell research whose genetic material comes from... |
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BiologyScientists Turn Dead Cells Into Live Tissue
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Antony Barnett and Robin McKie / London Observer | September 24 2006
Scientists working at a British laboratory have achieved one of the most controversial breakthroughs ever made in the field of s... |
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Biotechnology Activists: ias in activism and forum
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If stem cells are so important, why isn't any other country in the world using them for R&D. It's because they have more useful cells to work with. |
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Stem cell research, favor or opposed,
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I'm all for, some caution may be necessary but not the amount I'm accustomed to hearing. Especially in general stem cells.
As for embryonic, well, its snagged by a very hypocritical and r... |
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Destruction of Life
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stem cells are just that, cells. they may be the start of a person but they cannot think, see, feel, or hear. you have to look at the subject from either a scientific or a religous standpoint. you can... |
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Biotechnology Activists: ias in activism and forum
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First the media started leaning in favor of stem cell research. Now the biologists are starting to promote it themselves. It turns out that such information has had a real impact on public opinion --... |
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Ailments & DiseaseHair Regeneration Using Stem Cells
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The problem with taking stem cells from unborn children/babies is the consent issue. Babies are too young to provide consent, but nevertheless, taking cells from their body is an invasion of rights un... |
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Ethics & MoralityEthical Question Relating to Stem Cells From A Baby
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So the idea about abortion was just a sidenote but I can see there are discussions here too.
I find it rather silly really. America is the only civilized country who hasn't figured out and st... |
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Destruction of Life
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stem cell research apparently is harvesting those cells which have the potential to become any cell in the body, which can only be obtained from a fertilized fetus. Obtaining those cells results in DE... |
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Life & DeathHuman Life?
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I am in no way religious, friend. If you understand what follows from the primary argument, then you understand that if there is a debate about embryonic stem cell research, it has to do with first es... |
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Keeping Up - My Cell to Your Cell
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When a cell is transformed by an experience, the cells related to it, and the cells beside it, need to adapt in order to keep up with it.
If this is true, then do all the cells in the body need to k... |
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BiologyCloning
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'Christians will not "take-over".'
Abi t off topic, but Rushdoony, Robertson, and others of the American Taliban want to do so, have tried to so, and are attempting to do so even as we spe... |
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Destruction of Life
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Point 1: I've never seen anyone, even a good christian girl, give a funeral to a tampon. Though there is a 'potential human' somewhere among its weaves.
Point 2: The emptied egg is f... |
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Ethics & MoralityEthical Question Relating to Stem Cells From A Baby
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In a nutshell, yes. Unborn kids cannot decide for themselves. Parents are therefore the natural and the legal decision makers in regards to their unborn child's future. Hypothetically, I would no... |
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Destruction of Life
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Well, seeing as how the stem cells are harvested at 2 weeks, the small beginnings of a brain are visible, but it's size/computing power - therefore chance of consciousness - is equivalent to that... |
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Religion & HumanityAn answer
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then what tells atoms to bind into molecules
Atoms consist of sub atomic particles- protons, neutrons, electrons which orbit the nucleus. Each atom can be charged and therefore is attracted to anot... |
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God in ReligionUniverse : design or necessity?
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heres another proof for intelligent design. according to the cell theory, cells can only be created from other living cells. |
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