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Saturday Evening Post Organ Donation
2,195 words... locally first. Mickey Mantle got his liver quickly because he was classified the most critically needy patient in the Dallas area (Adato). The fifth myth is the minority candidates wait longer owing to bias in the system. In fact, no consideration is given to race, only to medical facts. In many transplants the necessary matching antigens are more likely to occur between people of similar race or ethnicity. Blacks are one of the lowest groups to give to organ donation. All other organs can b...
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Treating Disease With Stem Cells
1,019 wordsThis article was written by Dr. Gregory Hale, professor of Pediatrics at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, in response to questions posed by Scientific American Magazine regarding the treatment of certain diseases with cord blood stem cells. There is some additional information provided by Viacord, a medical service company that provides private family cord blood banking, processing, and research. Dr. Hale discussed the advantages of cord blood stem cell transplants, the results of...
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Human Cloning March 2000
998 words... ff. How could the rest of us genetically challenged people hope to even land a job? Suppose you graduate with a degree in mathematics, hoping to fulfill your dream of becoming a teacher, only to learn that the schools and colleges are staffed with Einstein clones that possess knowledge far superior to yours. Their knowledge would be born from an implanted genetic inclination whereas yours would come only from hard work. You need not be an Einstein, or an Einstein clone, to identify the loser...
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Doctor Had Told Altars Reality God
471 wordsFor the purpose of our discussion on critical thinking, we shall define Truth, as an objective reality. According to this view, what People believe about something in no way altars reality? Since as long a s i can remember, my parents have taught me to believe in "God, the father of Jesus Christ, the "one" who created the world we live in today. As I got older and a little wiser I started to question this invisible figure. Who is he? How do I know that he can perform miracles? Does he forgive yo...
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Human Cloning Controversial Issues
1,772 wordsIn the article that I chose there are two opposing viewpoints on the issue of "Should Human Cloning Ever Be Permitted?" John A. Robertson is an attorney who argues that there are many potential benefits of cloning and that a ban on privately funded cloning research is unjustified and that this type of research should only be regulated. On the flip side of this issue Attorney and medical ethicist George J. Annas argues that cloning devalues people by depriving them of their uniqueness and that a ...
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Fibroblast Growth Factors Genetically Altered Cells
1,149 wordsWe have seen comic material in the movies and on television. The entertainment industry usually shows it in a humorous situation such as Danny Devito and Arnold Schwannager as genetically engineered twins while Michael Keaton was duplicated to make his life easier. Cloning is only achieved after intensive research and experimentation where as in the movies; it is made out to be as easy as 1, 2, 3. Even though animal and human cloning has only been announced recently to the public, it has been ar...
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Mom And Dad Live A Life
1,237 wordsWhere are you on a typical Sunday morning at 10: 00 a. m. ? In the bed, on the lake, at the golf course? Maybe just sitting at home? Or are you in God's house? I was born on May 12 th 1984 and I have been to church every Sunday since then. I go to church because I wish to go. Church is the best place to go. People think church is a waste of time, but personally I believe that if it wasn't for God some of us wouldn't still be here. Like when Gary wrecked his truck, he could have easily lost his l...
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Embryonic Stem Cells Stem Cell Research
1,813 wordsThe Stem Cell Dilemma Every day, nearly 3, 000 people die while waiting for an organ transplant (D'Agnese). Moreover, 66, 000 people are still on an organ donor list in the United States, few of which will ever see their name come up on that list ("Improving"). Many people believe nothing can be done about this sad fact. However, this is not the case. Studies on stem-cell research point toward a solution to this deadly problem. With efficient use of stem cells, many diseases and medical problems...
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Bioethics Advisory Commission Human Cloning Foundation
2,933 wordsCloning is a shameless act of playing creator. Introduction Cloning is a relevant issue that has cause a major uproar not only in the field of science but also throughout the entire world. The world is in a bind deciding on the issue of cloning. The main question that is asked wonders if cloning should be considered humane. How can people benefit from cloning? Scientists like Joseph Millard are trying to show the many benefits of cloning and how the benefits can help out society today. Cloning d...
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Twenty Five Years Genetically Engineered
1,392 wordsTwenty-five years ago, Cloning Cloning Twenty-five years ago, scientists thought that cloning was virtually impossible. In the last five years, the science of cloning, has come to realization. What is a clone? A clone is a duplicate much like a photocopy is a duplicate, or copy, of a document (Kolate, 238). A good example of copies that occur in nature are identical twins, which are duplicates of each other. On a daily basis, molecular geneticists and other scientists use cloning techniques to r...
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Human Cloning Foundation Controversies On File
1,760 wordsWe have seen comic material in the movies and on television. The entertainment industry usually shows it in a humorous situation such as Danny Devito and Arnold Schwannager as genetically engineered twins while Michael Keaton was duplicated to make his life easier. Cloning is only achieved after intensive research and experimentation where as in the movies; it is made out to be as easy as 1, 2, 3. Even though animal and human cloning has only been announced recently to the public, it has been ar...
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Birth Control Pills Sylvan Barnet
1,397 wordsThe first successfully cloned mammal was created on February of 1997. It was a breakthrough in scientific research when the Scottish scientists cloned a sheep by the name of Dolly. The method of cloning requires the extraction of DNA from anywhere on a subjects body and inserting that DNA into a womans egg. Worldwide attention was turned to the prospect of human cloning and with a push for sweeping prohibition (Tribe 459) legislatures around the world banned any research related to cloning becau...
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Therapeutic Cloning Bone Marrow
974 wordsThe purpose of this years study is to determine what effects does human cloning have on society and how people react to human cloning. The most commonly cited ethical and moral arguments against human cloning seem to originate from religious perspectives. These religious arguments can even be made by politicians and scientists with religious sympathies. Many religious philosophies teach, for example, that human life is unique and special and should be created, determined and controlled only by t...
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Genetic Engineering Michael Crichton
631 wordsAn elderly man develops macular degeneration, a disease that destroys vision. To bolster his failing eyesight, he receives a transplant of healthy retinal tissue cloned from his own cells and cultivated in a lab dish. A baby girl is born free of the gene that causes Tay-Sachs disease, although both her parents are carriers. The reason is a new knowledge of cells and DNA, and genetic engineering. With this new knowledge comes questions about ethics. We will explore genetic engineering though the ...
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Doctor Had Told Perform Miracles God
476 wordsFor the purpose of our discussion on critical thinking, we shall define truth as objective reality, the actual state of affairs. According to this view, what people believe about something in no way alters reality. Since as long a s i can remember, my parents have taught me to believe in God, the father of Jesus Christ, the one who created the world we live in today. As I got older and a little more wiser I started to question this invisible figure. Who is he? How do I know that he can perform m...
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Urinary Tract Kidney Stones
624 wordsKidneys Kidney Diseases Kidney Diseases Kidneys are paired organs, each sharing equally the work of removing wastes and excess water from the blood. Remarkably, a single kidney can do the job of both if one kidney is lost through injury or disease. It sometimes occurs, although rarely, that a person is born with only one kidney. Such people are able to lead normal lives. Diseases of the kidney range from mild infection to life-threatening kidney failure. The most common form of kidney disease is...
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White Blood Cells Types Of Leukemia
2,451 wordsAccording to the Cancer Book from the American Cancer Society, Leukemia is a cancer of the blood. It was first identified as a new disease in around 1830 in Germany. The scientific term, " leukemia, " comes from the Greek words that mean " white blood. " The disease is described as a cancerous disorder not just of the blood itself, but also of the organs that produce the blood cells in the body. The organs are mainly the bone marrow and the lymph system, where normal red and ...
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Ethical Issues Human Organs
1,094 wordsThere is a Xenotransplantation Xenotransplantation There is a shortage of organs for clinical transplantation all around the world. Many patients waiting to receive new organs die because we are unable to receive enough organs: there arent enough donors. We are now testing the implantation of other species organs into the human body, that would be a great solution in ending organ shortage. There is a problem though, the human body does not cooperate well with other non-human organs. Rejection is...
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Sickle Cell Anemia Sickle Cell Disease
879 wordsThe problem is that sickle cell anemia affects about 72, 000 Americans in the United States. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease in which the body is unable to produce normal hemoglobin, an iron-containing protein. Abnormal hemoglobin can morph cells that can become lodged in narrow blood vessels, blocking oxygen from reaching organs and tissues. The effects of sickle cell anemia are bouts of extreme pain, infectious, fever, jaundice, stroke, slow growth, organ, and failure. Sickle cell a...
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Sickle Cell Anemia Sickle Cell Disease
868 wordsThe problem is that sickle cell anemia affects about 72, 000 Americans in the United States. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease in which the body is unable to produce normal hemoglobin, an iron-containing protein. Abnormal hemoglobin can morph cells that can become lodged in narrow blood vessels, blocking oxygen from reaching organs and tissues. The effects of sickle cell anemia are bouts of extreme pain, infectious, fever, jaundice, stroke, slow growth, organ, and failure. Sickle cell a...
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