Injuries happen on a daily basis, accident or not, at home, at work, or anywhere you may be. It is our responsibility to take care of our body and be healthy so that we can fully function. As technology rapidly advances, we increase our chances in further injure ourselves, but with our research that is also increasing, we can protect ourselves and even boost the rate at which our body heals itself. Some research is ostracized because of the fears dealing with human testing and alteration. How are we supposed to help ourselves if we cannot care for one another? We need to allow the research in human skin specifically so we may live longer, live healthier, and give ourselves the ability to save those with fatal injuries. We need to not fully …show more content…
Through studies, scientists have discovered that age is a factor in the healing process. The skin renews itself every few weeks over your lifetime, but once it is injured, the skin is forever damaged, “Skin has an almost unmatched capacity to heal wounds in a restorative mode. Still the end result falls short of the original skin, and with larger and full thickness wounds, dysfunctional and disfiguring scars can result” (Yates). Because injures happen anywhere and can happen through many ways, the implementation of a cheap and universal agent would be beneficial to society. This would be especially important to have in the medical kits of soldiers and hospitals around the world. Many soldiers get injured in combat, through bullet wounds, shrapnel, and explosions, and the agent made could potentially which can lighten the injury, keep the injury from worsening, and lessen the post status of the injury. In emergency rooms, it would allow doctors to keep the patient alive if something goes wrong during the procedure and help the healing process post operation. Having this healing agent will lower the amount of accident deaths and help prevent bleed outs that may occur. Some research into Wharton’s Jelly, stem cells from an umbilical cord, have provided valuable research in accelerating the process of cell regeneration, “Mesenchymal stem cells isolated from Wharton’s jelly of human umbilical cords (hWMSCs) have been proposed as an alternative source of progenitor cells for use in regenerative medicine [17,41–44]” (Aguilera). The value of research such as Wharton’s Jelly can provide aid to all those who are injured, this will provide faster healing in areas wounded. As of now, healing for humans is slower the older you get, somatic or adult stem cells are less
...m these advancements that are from human body parts. Instead, it is imperative to honor and preserve those who have made these interventions possible
The cells unique nature has scientists intrigued to do research with the focus of finding a way that these cells can be used to replace patients’ injured or diseased tissues. Advancement is made to all the three types of stem cells namely embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells in addition to induced pluripotent cells. Embryonic cells are the building blocks of an embryo that is developing, and can develop into almost all body cell types. Somatic cells are found in the body tissues. They renew and regenerate in healthy bodies. The third type which is induced pluripotent is genetically modified embryo cells from skin cells.2 Research on these cells are geared towards saving humanity; a noble course.
Science and logic underpins the biomedical approach to health and illness. Willis and Elmer (2011) point out that biomedicine focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of individual anatomical structures of the body, with heavy references to science and medicine. According to the biomedical approach, the major cause of melanoma is the excessive exposure of the skin to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the ...
The wide range of prospective uses for stem cells could greatly improve the health and wellbeing of many people. In stem cell treatments, undifferentiated cells are programmed to form specific cells, which can then be transplanted to the afflicted area. Stems cells can possibly treat afflictions including “Alzheimer’s diseases, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis” (“Stem Cell Basics”). Another important use is in drug testing. Drugs can be tested on stem cells that develop into the target tissue before using it on human test subjects, which improves safety. Finally, transplantation of organs created from stem cells could eliminate the need for human...
A total of 90 patients (test [MEBO Scar ointment], n=40; control, n=50) were recruited in the study. All patients underwent elective surgery between February 01, 2013 and December 30, 2013.The majority of patients in the test group were female (n=30, 75%) with female to male ratio of 3:1; however, all participants in the control group were female. The mean age of the patients was 30 years (range: 10–60 years)(Table 1). There were no statistically significant differences between the test and control group with respect to type of surgery (Table 2)and type of incision (Table 3). Thyroidectomy was the most frequently performed surgery in the test group (30%), while breast mass excision biopsy was the most common in the control group. Revisional
Due to the potential therapeutic uses and the potential profit from stem cells, there has been an increased interest in stem cell research. While some progress has been made, we do not know nearly enough about how stem cells work to use them for the treatment of human diseases. However, there are researchers that claim that they have developed the technology to apply stem cells to the treatment of aging and diseases. Websites such as www.youngeryounger.com and www.medra.com state that they have created a miraculous medical cure, known as cellular therapy, which can treat just about any problem.
Currently health care facilities use individual, multi-component interventions, or series of interventions to prevent pressure ulcers. Either health care staff is not implementing these strategies into their patient’s care or some changes obviously need to be made. Interventions to prevent pressure ulcers consist of using the Braden Scale for initial and repeated skin assessments to determine the patient’s risks for pressure ulcers, specialized support mattresses, heel supports, and frequent repositioning for bed bound patients, encouraging mobility, moisture management, nutrition, hydration, and reducing friction or shear forces on parts of the body at increased risk for pressure ulcers (Sullivan & Schoelles, 2013).
The human body endures a great deal of wear and injury during its lifetime. It is for this reason that the body has several tissues that are capable of regeneration. Bone is one of those tissues that receives extensive use so it is necessary that it is strong in order to carry out its functions; however, it will occasionally face injury. Although our bones are capable of regeneration, a new method would help the elderly and others that have a more difficult time healing after injury. I viewed a “TED Talk” lecture, which discussed a new way of regenerating bone with the help of our own bodies. Molly Stevens, the head of a biomaterials lab, presented “A New Way to Grow Bone” where she discussed a new technique called “in vivo bioreactor”. She also answered why this new procedure is beneficial. Researchers like Stevens are constantly trying to find innovative new techniques and they do this by asking questions. The question that Stevens presented in the video was an intriguing one: “Can we recreate the regeneration of bone on demand and transplant it?”.
Our skin functions as a daily defense for our bodies against disease because of skin and mucous membranes. The skin is a massive organ and it protects everything inside our bodies such as our muscles, bones and organs. Our skin protects us from bacteria, parasites, viruses and pathogens ...
Exploring the role of stem cells in cutaneous wound healing: Katherine Lau, Ralf Paus, Stefan Tiede.
Imagine requiring artificial skin subsequently to being in an accident. Artificial skin is a replacement for human skin. It functions as artificial scaffolding made of shark cartilage and cow-derived collagen, which tricks real skin to grow on the damaged area of the body. Epidermal Grafts, Sheet Grafts, and Xenografts are all skin substitutes, but are they as accomplished as artificial skin? Although artificial skin puts patients at a higher risk of immune rejection, in reality it is more efficient that any other skin substitute.
Voegeli D; British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 2010 Jul 8; 19 (13): 810, 812, 814 Care or harm: exploring essential components in skin care regimens.
Every year, millions of animals experience painful, suffering and death due to results of scientific research as the effects of drugs, medical procedures, food additives, cosmetics and other chemical products. Basically, animal experimentation has played a dominant role in leading with new findings and human advantages. Animal research has had a main function in many scientific and medical advances in the past decade and is helping in the understanding of several diseases. While most people believe than animal testing is necessary, others are worried about the excessive suffering of this innocent’s creatures. The balance between the rights of animals and their use in medical research is a delicate issue with huge societal assumptions. Nowadays people are trying to understand and take in consideration these social implications based in animals rights. Even though, many people tend to disregard animals that have suffered permanent damage during experimentation time. Many people try to misunderstand the nature of life that animals just have, and are unable to consider the actual laboratory procedures and techniques that these creatures tend to be submitted. Animal experimentation must be excluded because it is an inhumane way of treat animals, it is unethical, and exist safer ways to test products without painful test.
Many young adults do not take good care of their skin. As a result, the skin is likely to age prematurely. In most
The procedures that will be the future of modern medicine currently fall into the realms of taboo and fictional. These procedures encompass every aspect of medical science, from exploration of the human body, curing diseases, to improving a person’s quality of life. Many of these procedures are not very well known, while a few have been in the spotlight. These procedures include cloning, nano-robotics, retro-viruses, and genetic manipulation via gene-specific medications. For any serious breakthroughs in modern medical science, we must embrace these new forms of treatment instead of shying away from them. Second, I’ll attempt to explain how these methods and procedures could benefit mankind.