Embryonic Stem Cells Unnecessary for Medical Progress
Reporting on new research by Dr. Donald Orlic of the National Institutes of Health and others, indicating that adult bone marrow stem cells can help repair, and restore function in, damaged hearts: "Until now, researchers thought that stem cells from embryos offered the best hope for rebuilding damaged organs, but this latest research shows that the embryos, which are politically controversial, may not be necessary. 'We are currently finding that these adult stem cells can function as well, perhaps even better than, embryonic stem cells,' Orlic said."
- "Approach may repair heart damage," MSNBC, March 30, 2001 (www.msnbc.com/news/552456.asp)
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"Umbilical cords discarded after birth may offer a vast new source of repair material for fixing brains damaged by strokes and other ills, free of the ethical concerns surrounding the use of fetal tissue, researchers said Sunday."
- "Umbilical cords could repair brains," Associated Press, February 20, 2001
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"PPL Therapeutics, the company that cloned Dolly the sheep, has succeeded in 'reprogramming' a cell -- a move that could lead to the development of treatments for diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. The Scotland-based group will today announce that it has turned a cow's skin cell into a beating heart cell and is close to starting research on humans... The PPL announcement...will be seen as an important step towards producing stem cells without using human embryos."
- "PPL follows Dolly with cell breakthrough," Financial Times, February 23, 2001
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"[O]rgan-specific adult stem cells appear to display much more plasticity than originally thought. Stem cells isolated from one tissue can differentiate into a variety of unrelated cell types and tissues... These findings raise the exciting possibility of using bone marrow transplantation to treat a wide variety of disorders, such as muscular dystrophies, Parkinson disease, stroke, and hepatic failure."
- E. Kaji and J. Leiden, "Gene and Stem Cell Therapies," Journal of the American Medical Association, February 7, 2001, p. 547
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"[S]ince adult bone marrow has recently been found to contain stem cells of previously unrecognized 'plasticity' that are able to form a variety of types of cell -- muscle, liver, neural, bone, cartilage, endothelial, and perhaps others -- it may be possible to use marrow stem cells in cytotherapeutic approaches to a wide spectrum of diseases, such as cardiac disorders, muscular dystrophy, liver disease, neurodegenerative conditions, and joint diseases.
An Atmosphere of Mystery and Suspense in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
of each of them was good as it helped give the reader a better picture
Hyde as a different man, the original man himself Dr. Jekyll admits he enjoys Hyde’s crude actions as pleasures. Initially, he presents his decision of Hyde as a scientific experiment and allow himself to be releases from societal pressure; however, he turns hypocritical due to materialism and pride. Soon he admits that the actions turned monstrous in Hyde’s hands and he knew soon Hyde will take over his real self. He realizes he created another man or identity that he could not control. Therefore he concludes, “Man is not truly one, but truly two” (Stevenson 43). The strange case is that the novel never give’s Hyde’s point of view, it is always from the perspective of the good doctor. Hyde does not have a conscious of his own; rather, it is that of the doctor. It is evident that Dr. Jekyll embraces Hyde, because he refers to himself as “I” in the body of
In the novel “The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” a number of
and Hyde are the same person. It is a mystery story that is no longer
It is captivating, the thought of being able to have something no one else could. This read explores the possibilities of how those events might play out. In the award winning novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Mr. Hyde’s ominous, mysterious nature intrigues the curious Dr. Jekyll as Hyde allows Jekyll to lead a double life void of consequences, live the gift of youth once again, and indulge in vile pleasures.
The final chapter of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is unique in the story as it is the only chapter from Henry Jekyll's point of view. Written as a letter addressed to Mr. Utterson the chapter is titled 'Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case' and is written over the week of Jekyll's self-imposed isolation. The important note of this chapter is that not only is it in first person point of view, but that Jekyll has written it himself and the language of the text suggests his recount is unreliable. Furthermore, Jekyll has the motivation to be an unreliable narrator, that is, to appear innocent of the crimes committed
She understands what she has read when she uses her classroom reading strategies Danica continues to struggle with reading fluency, finding specific details, identifying the main idea, understanding the meaning of a text, making inferences, predicting what may happen next and drawing conclusions for the regular education curriculum These difficulties in language arts/reading has negatively impact Danica ’s ability to perform grade level text independently within the regular education
To most people, Jekyll and Hyde is the story of two completely separate personalities, one good and one evil, which share a body and are at war with each other, which is true to an extent. But people also have to realize that Jekyll is not completely innocent. He wants these bad things to happen, he fosters the evil and accepts it. Hyde is not someone else who commits Jekyll’s sins for him. Hyde does not exist as his own person. Jekyll commits all of his sins on his own, but disguised. Jekyll gives Hyde the power to run his life, and he accepts it. He becomes his own worst enemy.
Stem cells are becoming a powerful new tool for replacing damaged or destroyed tissue in different parts of the body. There are two basic types, embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells. Stem cells, found in the body, can engender exact facsimiles of themselves. They have the capacity to construct a number of specially designed cells such as heart muscle cells, liver tissue cells, brain tissue cells, etc. Embryonic stem cells are extracted from aborted fetuses or embryos left over from in vitro fertilization. Adult stem cells are found in both children and adults. Adult stem cells can be utilized for a circumscribed number of other kinds of cells while embryonic stem cells are able to individualize into over two hundred types of cells. Embryonic stem cell research is so controversial because society is judging whether or not taking stem cells from days old embryos is immoral, or if doctors should look past the cons and do what is necessary to eventually preserve many lives.
RLS shows in the story that there are some moral messages which relate to Mr Hyde by there is two sides to everybody good/evil and evil only held in check through rules, expected behaviour, and drug addiction.
Dewitz, Jones and Leahy (2009) state that comprehension reading instructions in classrooms does not always meet the standards that have been set by educational experts (p. 107). The comprehension programs adopted do not provide learners the time to practice what they are learning through the comprehension because learners are given too much material to learn. Learners are at a disadvantage because they may probably not complete the core curriculum topics as outlined in the study guide. The programs cover a lot more topics than before, which make instructors to rush learners through the curriculum before a clear assessment of learners’ internalization of what they are taught is done.
The author did an outstanding job in The Tell Tale Heart of building suspense and making the readers eager to read on . The suspense leaves you hungry to learn what would the cops do when the find the old man or do they find him. The author does an excellent job at building suspense by describing his character's fear , using vivid words , using repetition , and setting helping us visualize the frightful
Many students have a hard time when it comes to reading. There are many reading inventions that can help students out. Reading inventions are strategies that help students who are having trouble reading. The interventions are techniques that can be used to assist in one on ones with students or working in small groups to help students become a better reader. Hannah is a student who seems to be struggling with many independent reading assignments. There can be many reasons that Hannah is struggling with the independent reading assignments. One of the reasons that Hannah can be struggling with is reading comprehension while she is reading on her on. Reading comprehension is when students are able to read something, they are able to process it and they are able to understand what the text is saying. According to article Evidence-based early reading practices within a response to intervention system, it was mentioned that research strategies that can use to help reading comprehension can include of activating the student’s background knowledge of the text, the teacher can have questions that the student answer while reading the text, having students draw conclusions from the text, having
comprehension instruction: A comparison of instruction for strategies and content approaches ―[Electronic version]. Reading Research Quarterly, 44(3), 218–253.