Stem Cell Research

               Stem cells are just cells that can change into other cells, like heart cells, nerve cells, muscle cells, and skin cells and many more.  They may also become proven as use for cure for some medical conditions.  Stem cell research may benefit many conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, spinal cord injuries, heart disease and cancer.  The only stem cells that have helped patients so far are adult stem cells.

               I believe that we should keep and continue to research and to find cures for cancer and heart disease and many more sicknesses that we need to find cures to.  So that we are able to save lives that are being taken and not have people even have to go through anything.  Stem cells can now be artificially grown and transformed into specialized cell types with characteristics consistent with cells of various tissues such as muscles or nerves through cell culture.  Cell culture is the process in which one is able to make cells by man.

              

               So what is the controversy all about? Those who value human life from the point of conception, oppose embryonic stem cell research because the extraction of stem cells from this type of an embryo requires its destruction. In other words, it requires that a human life be killed. Some believe this to be the same as murder.

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Prompt #4 Round #1 of Prompts For Science

Cell division is basically reproduction of cells.  Cell growth is when "the mother cell" grows and divides into two or more "daughter cells".  Only the mother cell can reproduce like this.  In mitosis, daughter cells are identical.  In meiosis, daughter cells are genetically different.  Cell division is the production of more and more cells.

Before cells can divide they make a copy of there deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).  The DNA of a cell is organized into structures called chromosomes.  By copying these chromosomes it without a doubt makes sure it is and exact 100% copy of its parents cell.  Cell division in bacteria is called binary fission.  It means "splitting into two parts".  Binary fission is where the mother cell grows and breaks apart to make two cells which is called cell division.  This process helps children grow because of the fact of when that happens one time it happens twice the next time the four and so on which gives the kid more cells, but it all starts with that one mother cell.

We need this because everyday cell in our body die but other cells reproduce so we will always have cells.  Also because we need cells to survive.  Since if we don’t have living cells we don’t have living body parts.  In order for the body parts to work the cells must work it is like the screw must stay in the wall for the picture to stay on it.  It is all simple once you understand and comprehend the cycle.

World Without Color

               Color is a way of life.  Color resembles your personality.  Color is a choice.  Color is what resembles who your friends are.  Color is a state of mind.  Color’s like blue and red resemble emotions.  Imagine if there were a world without colors. We would all be the same.  None of us would have a personality.  How fun would that be.  My guess is pretty fun.  NOT.  If there were a world without color would you do something about it?

                Someone might do something about it for various reasons.  One being that they might want to choose what they wear or be able to hear or feel emotions.  That was what Harrison Bergeron wanted in the story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut a kid who was taken away from his family and put in jail.  When he broke out of jail they knew he was dangerous.  He wasn’t dangerous he just wanted to have freedom.  He wanted his rights.  He obviously didn’t get his right because of the fact of him getting shot.  This is an irony because this would never happen in real life and it isn’t a romance because well it is the opposite of romance and for some other reasons.  A few being people are “handicapped to make them equal, weights are being used to make the strong people week, and everyone has to wear radio transmitters in the ear so nobody can think or live or let their true colors show. 

                The people may not do something for also numerous reasons.  So that the less fortunate do not feel even less fortunate and they can be on the top along with everyone else and so the people who were on top feel what it is like to be at the bottom.  This can only happen because of the obstreperously emphatic noises coming from the radios in there ear so they can’t think about any of this. This is extremely unrealistic because who would where the radio and I think that they would be able to at least rip it out and hide and think of a plan to escape.  Possibly that might be something a smart person would do.

                Color is a presence of mind.  Color is life.  Color is anywhere and everywhere all at the same time.  When one lets their true colors show,  it shows who they are as a person.