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Stem cell research ethical issues
Religious "Playing God" Destruction of Life
Outcomes of stem cell research
Grow new organs Replaced damaged tissues cure disease study sick cells
stem cell research
technology that takes primitive human cells and develops them into most any of the 220 varieties of cells in the human body
Induced adult stem cells (Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells - IPSC)
Adult cell that can manipulated in the lab to be able to grow any type of cell
adult stem cells
stem cells that are found in adults that can differentiate and form a limited number of cells
embryonic stem cells
An undifferentiated cell, taken from an embryo that has potential to give rise to various other cell or tissue types
Egg Cell differentiation
Female reproductive unit. Large cell with nucleus for growing fetus. Lots of cytoplasm with stored nutrients
Sperm cell differentiation
Male reproductive unit. Has flagella to help it swim and more mitochondria for energy to swim
Muscle cell differentiation Lo
Long flat cells in bundles to help with muscle contraction. Has more mitochondria
Nerve cell differentiation
Send messages through electrical impulses Cell is long and branched out - increased surface area to receive and send messages
Red Blood Cells (RBC)
Transports oxygen in hemoglobin Disk Shape holds more oxygen
How is stem cells function determined?
Determined by which genes are activated in DNA
Undifferentiated cells
Cells that have not specialized in any particular function
stem cells
unspecialized cells that retain the ability to become a wide variety of specialized cells