Stem Cell Dilemmas

Question 1

There are Many Potential Benefits in Using ______ Cells in Human Medicine and they’re Gradually Being Used to Treat Real ____________.

Answer 1

Stem…Patients…

Question 2

Many Embryonic Stem Cells Come From ___________ Embryos.

Answer 2

Aborted.

Question 3

Some People Question the Use of Potential __________ Beings as a Source of Cells or to Cure Others Because it is a Violation of Human Rights and there are ____________ Problems.

Answer 3

Human…Ethical…

Question 4

Progress in Developing Therapies Using ______________ Stem Cells has Been Relatively Slow, Difficult, _____________ and Hard to Control.

Answer 4

Embryonic…Expensive…

Question 5

Embryonic Stem Cells Divide and Grow _____________. This has Sometimes Been a Problem when they have been Used to Treat _______ in Early Human Treatments for Autoimmune Diseases.

Answer 5

Rapidly…Mice…

Question 6

There is a Risk that Adult Stem Cells Could be Infected with ____________, so Could Transfer the Infections to Patients. If Stem Cells from an _________ are Used to Treat Another Unrelated Person, they May Trigger an ___________ Response.

Answer 6

Viruses…Adult…Immune…

Question 7

Some People Feel that a Great Deal of Money and Time is Wasted on Stem Cell ____________ that would be Better Spent on Research into Other Areas of ___________.

Answer 7

Research…Medicine…

Question 8

Adult Stem Cells Avoid the Controversial Use of Embryonic __________.

Answer 8

Tissue.

Question 9

The Area of Stem Cell Research Known as _________________ Cloning has Much Potential But is Proving Very Difficult. It Involves Using Cells From an Adult to Produce a ___________ Early Embryo of Themselves.

Answer 9

Therapeutic…Cloned…

Question 10

Some Scientists have Discovered _______ Cells in Some of the Tubes that ___________ the Liver and the Pancreas to the Small _____________.

Answer 10

Stem…Connect…Intestine…

Question 11

After Years of Relatively Slow Progress, Hopes are _______ Again that Stem Cells will Change the __________ of Medicine.

Answer 11

High…Future…

Question 12

In the UK, Stem Cell Research is Being Carried out to Treat Which Potential Therapies?

Answer 12

• Spinal Cord After Injuries.
• Diabetes.
• Heart After Damage In A Heart Attack.
• Eyesight In The Blind.
• Damaged Bone And Cartilage.