Monday 30 January 2012

Stem Cells

If you cut a stem and take a close look at the cut surface, you will get to see cells! True? Yes!

What are stem cells?

Where can we get them?

Why are they called stem cells?

What is special about stem cells?

What can we do about stem cells? Are they good for anything?

Are they good for something? Yes? Yes!

Give examples for uses of stem cells.

How do we obtain them?

How do we store them?

How do we use them?

How stable are stem cells?

How safe are stem cells?

Can stem cells be killer cells?

If there is a faulty gene in a stem cell, and that gene gets replicated as we let the cells multiply, and we then administer the stem cells into a human body. What will happen?

If we create a mutation gene that can kill a particular bacteria or virus, and we insert that gene in a stem cell. What do you think will happen if we now take the stem cell with a mutation and insert it in a cancer cell? Will our stem cell be of any good?

If we have a patient with a difficult-to-cure disease and we decide to administer a stem cell with a good gene that can help the patient combat the disease and continue to live normally, will stem cells be appropriate or inappropriate?

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