Take one use of stem cells and argue the advantageous aspects of it.
Reason: (growing new organs for people using stem cells.)
Thesis: The advantageous stem cells can be found from more things than an aborted fetus.
New sources:
http://www.eurostemcell.org/commentanalysis/eight-tiny-organs-grown-scientists
- On July 20th 2015, Scientists from the MRC Centre for regenerative medicine claimed to have regrown damaged livers in mice.
- Tiny/ partial organs help replace animals as test subjects in animals.
- Tiny organs also help demonstrate that growing organs can be possible on a larger scale.
- Tiny organs often called proto-organs have some of the organ’s functions not all.
- 8 Tiny organs that have been grown: Itty-bitty intestines, little livers, compact kidneys, small skin, tiny thymi, teeny tickers (heart), small scale stomachs, and Bijou brains.
- itty-bitt intestines:
- study was done at Cincinnati children’s hospital medical center
- plenipotent stem cells were induced to grow human intestinal tissue.
- Connected tissue to kidney of a mouse to give it blood supply to grow grow and have nourishment.
- This technique can help study/ treat gastrointestinal disease in the foreseeable future.
- little livers:
- MRC Centre for regenerative medicine
- used liver stem cells (hepatic progenitor cells) to grow livers or mice with damaged ones.
- Extracted these stem cells from healthy mice and placed into the unhealthy ones.
- after 3 months, the cells grew enough to partially restore the function/ look of the liver back to normal.
- gives hope for using this in the future of humans.
- compact kidneys:
- Center for regenerative medicine in the us.
- Kidneys were grown and transplanted into rats.
- stripped kidney in rat into what is described as a “scaffold-like structure”.
- New kidney was regrown.
- new organ was transplanted in and filtered blood and produced urine successfully.
5 original Sources
“Stem Cell Research – Pros and Cons.” Stem Cell Research – Pros and Cons. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2016.
Nguyen, Sarahle. “Should Aborted Fetuses Be Used for Research?” Prezi.com. N.p., 27 Oct. 2014. Web. 02 Oct. 2016.
Phillips, By Theresa. “Stem Cell Research: Weighing Both Sides of the Debate.” The Balance. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Oct. 2016.
Wolfe, Alie. “Stem Cells for Medical Use.” Prezi.com. N.p., 09 May 2014. Web. 02 Oct. 2016.
Rowan Counterintuitive 