stem cells
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Carol Brown
@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
12 Nov 15
Nov 12, 2015
In 1967, at age 23 or 24, I was a young mother of two children ages 4 and infant. I didn't care about football, except to detest the Cowboys. It had been only 6 years since I graduated high school and because I was...
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fantasticbabe
@fantasticbabe (981)
• Philippines
9 Sep 12
I have not yet try. I read and watch a news recently about it. Only those people who are rich could avail it. it is very expensive but they say it is effective. The cost of lengthening life expectancy is very expensive. If only...
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asdomencil
@asdomencil (4265)
• Philippines
21 Jul 12
I am watching Bottom Line with Boy Abunda. They are talking about the stem cell treatments for some diseases. The topic sounds interesting. According to his guest, there are many uses of the stem cell therapy. It can be use to...
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damnation2012
@damnation2012 (60)
• United States
6 Jul 12
stems cells are said to be the miracle of the next centenary because the can be used to replace any kind of muscle or tissue in general but they are extremely controversial in todays society because they come from dead fetuses i...
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DoctorDidi
@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
16 Oct 11
Scientists have found a way to grow sperms from stem cells, which will be a great help in breeding endangered species. Researchers have found a way to harvest sperm from animals that have not yet attained reproductive maturity....
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afarrell1
@afarrell1 (258)
• United States
29 Nov 10
I came across a site today for charitable things, they list all sorts of stuff you can do based on your level of commitment, but as I was glancing through the list I came across "cord blood donation". It seems pretty simple, the...
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amorlife1
@amorlife1 (370)
• South Africa
21 May 10
Cloning describes the process used to create an exact genetic replica of another cell, tissue or organism. The copied material, which has the same genetic makeup as the original, is referred to as a clone.
There are different...
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EvanHunter
@EvanHunter (4026)
• United States
21 Apr 10
Most people view the debate over this as being religiously motivated but the truth is that there are real scientific objections to current research being done. The UK seems to be leading the way ahead of any other nation and there...
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vingyan06
@vingyan06 (2486)
• Malaysia
23 Nov 09
Stem cells are the body's master cells that create all other tissues, organs and systems in the body and these cells are found aplenty in the cord blood which forms the building blocks for our blood and immune system. They are...
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moonlitmagikchild
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
8 Apr 09
with all the research going on does any one know if they are doing any studies to see if a stem cell type procedure would help out fibro? my mom has been mentioning it and i have seen stuff on tv with them experimenting on other...
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its-logos-plus-logic
@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
9 Mar 09
Today Pres. Obama signed a bill to federally finance "embryo stem cell research" and said a little speech afterwards claiming there had been a ban on it for the last eight years. This is not true. The only thing banned was the...
adult stem cells
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big business
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embryonic stem cells
experimentation
stem cell research
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spalladino
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
7 Mar 09
I will admit upfront that my opinions on this subject are very personal and very one sided because I have a granddaughter with Type 1 diabetes. She's 17 years old and her diabetes is out of control dispite the best efforts of...
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ErrollLeVant
@ErrollLeVant (4353)
• United States
2 Feb 09
President Obama is about to sign an order to lift the restrictions on research wuing embryonic stem cells. The move will apparently only apply to embryos already created in fertility clinics, and not to the creating of life just...
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butterflytears
@butterflytears (77)
• United States
17 Dec 08
A lot of people express their opinions on things like stem cell research and the morality of it but I often wonder if people have any idea of what they are talking about. What do you think about stem cell research? Do you think...
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estherlou
@estherlou (5015)
• United States
13 Oct 08
After all of the controversy about whether or not it is morally ethical to use or not to use embryonic stem cells, and finding that adult stem cells were more viable, now...there is a breakthrough...scientists have been working on...
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