Stem Cells In Medicine

Question 1

What can be used to cure diabetes and paralysis

Answer 1

Stem cells

Question 2

What are medical conditions due to

Answer 2

Faulty cells (cells that have been damaged or don’t work properly)

Question 3

Type 1 diabetes

Answer 3

-Damage to the pancreas that normally produces insulin

Question 4

Paralysis

Answer 4

Sometimes caused by damage to the nerve cells

Question 5

Sickle cell

Answer 5

Mishapen red blood cells

Question 6

What is the process for stem medication

Answer 6

1.) Extract embryonic stem cells from the early embyos

2.) Grow them in a labatory

3.) Stimulate them to differentiate into whichever type of specialised cell that we want

4.) Give them to the patients to replace their faulty cells

Question 7

Draw backs of embryonic stem cells

Answer 7

1.)Requires embryonic stem cells (the only ones that are able to differentiate into any type of cell)
-Limited supply
Sum ethical issues

2.) Rejection (due to different genomes because they are foreign) but you can give medication to reduce this from happening but it doesn’t always work

An alternative for embryonic is adult stem cells which are taken from the patients bone marrow

Question 8

Risks of using stem cells

Answer 8

Virus transmission if an embryo has a virus then the human will get the virus

or

Tumour development (because stem cells can divide so quickly they can go out of control and turn into a tumour or cancer)

Question 9

Ethical objection

Answer 9

Embryo have the potential for human life

Some people believe that curing people is more important than letting people suffer

The government normally regulate this area to research

It is permitted in the uk but it is tight