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Title: easy stem cell diagram
Description: this stem cell diagram is easy for essays, starting point for research
Description: this stem cell diagram is easy for essays, starting point for research
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What are stem cells?
○ Transformable
○ Unspecialized
○ Can be tricked transform into anything
The future of medicine
• Stem cells can transform into
anything
• Meaning they might be able to
help patients who's tissue is
damaged
• Alzheimer and parkinson's
• Diabetes
• Spinal chord injuries
• Heart disease
• stroke
• arthritis
• cancer
• burns
Embryonic
• All blueprint to form a
human
• Controversial
• Donation from in vitro
fertilization
Stem Cells
Somatic
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Not as much potential as embryonic
These have specific functions
Can regenerate their part of the cell
Cannot be used in other parts of body
This research is new
Chord blood stem cells
• Contains stem cells
Hair stem cell
• Hair science institute
• Hair stem cells (graft)
• Take hair from a donor
• Part of the hair follicle
is removed
• The rest remains in the
donor which continues
to produce hair
• Great amount of skill is
required
Transplants
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Bone marrow
• Procedure replaces faulty stem cells with healthy ones
• Bone marrow
• Transform into, red, white blood cells and platelets
• Cancers like Leukemia- radiation and chemo destroy bone
marrow
• Severe blood diseases (thalassemia, aplastic anemia, sickle cell
anemia)
• In these diseases the body doesn’t make enough red blood cells
or they don’t work well
Title: easy stem cell diagram
Description: this stem cell diagram is easy for essays, starting point for research
Description: this stem cell diagram is easy for essays, starting point for research