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SCI Human Biology - 1Assigned: 11/26 Due: 11/27Stem Cell Article (1) When were stem cells first taken from a human embryo? in 1998

(2) Why is obtaining stem cells from a human embryo so controversial? when you are taking the cells from the embryo you are eliminating their chances to grow to become an actual human being. (3) What was/is the source of human embryos for stem cell research? the human embryos were coming from fertiliy clinics. The Parents often changed their minds about having a child and the embryos would have died anyways. (4) What is a stem cell? they are found in multicellular organisms. they have the ability of renewing themselves through mitotic division. they hold all the tools necessary for a life form. there is a ton of useful information found in stem cells. (5) What diseases do we think we could treat with stem cells? bone marrow transplants, leukemia, muscle damage, parkinson's, spinal cord injuries, and cancer.

(6) Dr. Thomson is in the news again because he has turned ordinary skin cells into stem cells. How did he do this? he adds four genes to a normal adult skin cell.