Stem Cell therapy is a stem cell that comes from a persons body. It can replicate itself and has the ability to make 
specialized cells for various tissues in the body. This includes the heart,brain, and liver. Stem cells can come from three different places. The embryo , bone marrow, and cord blood which comes from the umbilical cord after a babies born. The embryo method is the most affective method but also the most controversial. Public,politicians, and religious groups are against the embryo method because the embryo is destroyed after the stem cells are extracted. They believe it is equivalent to taking a life. That is why researchers have developed other methods. The bone marrow method is usually extracted from adults. These stem cells are limited in potential relative to embryonic stem cells. The cord blood stem cells hold enormous potential in treating diseases. I am for stem cell research I believe that it will help cure some diseases. Stem cell research is not illegal in the United States. There is however funding and use restrictions on it put in place by congress. The states that allow stem cell research California,Connecticut,Illinois,Indiana,Maryland,Massachusetts,New Jersey,New York, Washington,Wisconsin, and Virginia. Stem Cell research has been known to help people with Parkinson, Stoke, Alzheimer, and spinal cord injuries. Right now it is also being used to treat cancer such as leukemia. Stem cells not only help humans they also help animals. Alpine Animal Hospital in Pocatello, ID treats animals using stem cells. They do not use embryonic stem cells. Instead they take the fat tissue from the animal. They give them general anesthesia to obtain the fat tissue. It is either taken from the abdomen or the shoulder. They take the sample to the laboratory so they can harvest it to get the stem cells from the tissue. It usually takes 2-3 hours. They then sedate your pet and put the stem cells directly into where the disease or injury is. They give it to the persons animal intravenously. Meaning as a solution, nutrient or drug given through the vein. The stem cells have been known to help animals with
- Chronic Arthritis
- Joint pain
- Cartilage damage
- hip displacement
- tendon or ligament damage
- Chronic illnesses such as autoimmune disease,live,kidney, and allergies.
Stem cell therapy can help a lot of people in the long run and with out the proper funding we really don’t know it’s potential. This is a good way to help cure diseases. It could is the medical future in cures.
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e born without certain limbs. There are other types of prosthetics leg braces and arm braces are an example. My daughter has been wearing them all ever since she could walk. Prosthetics help my daughter walk because her feet turn inward. They help to straighten her feet out. I got a hold of Hanger Inc. They are a prosthetics manufacturing business. I wanted to get a hold of someone who worked on prosthetics so I could learn more about them. Cindy Goodwin got a hold of me and said she would look more into my request. A week later she wrote back and said that she would get someone from Boise, ID to write me back via e-mail so I could conduct my interview. I am still waiting to hear back from him. Many people wear prosthetics even famous athletes. The fastest 100 meter dash was done by someone who wore prosthetics. He is an olympic champion named Usain Bolt. Prosthetics doesn’t limit a persons mobiity if they can dream it and work hard enough to acomplish something they can. All you have to do is set your mind to it. Prosthetics not only help people they also help animals as well. Orthopets. Is a prosthetic company that builds prosthetics strictly for animals. I watched an episode of Nature on bionic pets and how they get around. If ypu get a chance you should watch it. It’s very inspirational. It amazes me how far tecnology has come and how caring people are that they would try to find a way to help animals. There wa
s a movie that came out in 2011 about a boy and a dolphin the dolphin got into an accident with a boat and had to get it’s tail amputated. It was based on a true story. The dolphins name is Winter and she had to learn how to re use her tail. It is an amazing movie. Animals aren’t to different from us they need help and have emotions just like us. I am glad tecnology has got advanced to were we can help them.
a condition known as overactive compulsive disorder. What compulsive means is that you have the urge to do something even if you’re body is telling you no. Everybody has urges to do things whether it is to check and make sure your doors locked or to double check and make sure that you turned the oven off before you leave the house. People with OCD have these urges but they do them over and over again. Usually people with this condition have a routine they follow it’s the same routine everyday. For instance a person afraid of someone breaking in might lock and unlock their doors several times before they have to go to bed. People with this condition can’t just stop doing these routines. The disease just takes control of their body even if they wan
t to quit the compulsiveness won’t let them. Researches don’t really know why people have OCD. OCD can run in the family. Researches believe that if they study the part of the brain that runs on fear and anxiety that maybe they can come up with better treatment for this condition. OCD starts out during childhood or teen years. People are usually diagnosed by the time they are 19. About 1/3 of adults who have OCD developed it as a child. OCD affects around 2.2 million Americans. Women and men are about equal when it comes to getting this condition. Some of the symptoms of OCD are
y of chromosomes. A normal child is born with 23 chromosomes. A child with down syndrome has 21. This additional chromosome alters the way the child is born. Kids who have down syndrome usually have low muscle tone, small stature, and an upward slant of the eyes. One in every 691 babies in the U.S. are born with Down syndrome. It is the most common genetic disorder. There is approximately 400,00o Americans who have down syndrome. Down syndrome was first discovered in the nineteenth century by a English physician named John Langdon Down. He wrote a book on the accurate description of this genetic disorder. The book was published in 1866 and he was named the “father” of down syndrome. There are three different types of down syndrome. Trisomy 21, translocation, and mosaicism. Trisomy is caused when an embryo copies three chromosomes instead of two. This happens when the egg or sp
erm fail to separate. This type accounts for 95% of the cases found. Translocation accounts for 4% of cases. In this type part of the chromosome breaks off during cell division and attaches to another chromosome. This is typically chromosome 14. Mosaicism occurs when the trisomy chromosome 21 takes in one of the initial cell divisions after fertilization. When this happens their is a mixture of two types of cells people usually contain 46 chromosomes. Those that have this type contain 47. Mosaicism accounts for only 1% of cases.
who need help physically. A physical therapist helps with all different type of physical problems like a car accident, sports injury, or a disability. Shyann’s first physical therapist was John Hurley he helped her out tremendously. He helped her with walking and balancing. He also was the one who first noticed problems in her feet. He helped get us into Shriner’s Hospital in Salt Lake City. Shriners is a hospital that helps disabled children with low income families. Shriners doesn’t make you pay anything because they believe that a child’s health and well being is more important than money. Shyann’s Doctor at Shriner’s was Doctor Carol she was the one who diagnosed her with tibial torsion and the mildest kind of Cerebral Palsy that could possibly be fixed with surgery. After Shriners we had to find a prosthesis business to make her a pair of braces so she could keep her feet straight. John was Shyann’s Physical thera
pist until 3 years old. After that I had to find a new physical therapist. I went to Portenuf Physical medicine where I met Shannon for the first time. Shanon did some test on her to see if she qualified for physical therapy. Shyann qualified and is now 7 years old and Shanon has been her physical therapist ever since. Shanon has helped out my daughter so much and has made significant improvement in her physical abilities.
r something extreme happens to a person. This was hard for Kimberley because she had a disability on top of everything. They had to depend on the kindness of others to provide shelter. Even though they had lost everything she needed to stay strong for her child. She would wait until after her daughter had gone to sleep before she would cry and let loose of everything she had built up. Kimberley thought of her self as a good person. They lost there house to a brutal attack from a family member that was an alcoholic. She had felt betrayed by her family member, and by god. It got to the point where she thought her daughter would be better off without her. That she deserved better a roof over her head and someone who could take care of her. Even though her daughter had known she had lost everything she never complained. She would never ask for things she wanted on the T.V. Or get upset when her mom couldn’t play with her because she was sick. One day Kimberley and her daughter went to the store she could tell her daughter really wanted a lollipop that was there. Her daughter never once asked for it or made any indication that she wanted it. Because of this Kimberley decided to buy it for her. It was near the end of the month and all she had left to her name was $1.35. Even though they didn’t have very much money left she still bought her the lollipop because she had been so good. Her eyes lit up and she said. ” Thank you mommy, your the BEST mommy.” She was so happy tears were running down her face. It was at that moment that the cloud that had been hovering over her had been lifted off her shoulders. She knew that the only thing the two of them needed was each other and that the rest was a bonus. It was the best she ever felt. She said., ” In the spirit of giving , I wish for your life be blessed with the insight of my little girl, the shedding of your wet coat, a new a positive perception on life….filled with an unlimited supply of lollipops.”
n experience they have all ways wanted. The kid has to range from the age of 2-18 years of age. There doctor or physician will decide if the child is eligible to participate in this organization. Make a Wish is not only located in the united states it is also located in 42 other countries. This foundation has 62 different chapters in the United States. It’s main head quarters is located in Phoenix , Arizona. The president and CEO of this foundation is David A Williams. The most wishes given are to a professional wrestler names John Cena. Children have given this wish over 450 times. When I was younger I got a chance to be a part of make a wish. I really wanted to go to Disneyland but because of my condition it wasn’t an option. So I decided on a second wish and that was
to be on T.V. My doctor mom and make a wish thought that was a reasonable wish. I got a chance to be on KSL’s telethon they sat and talked to me about my brain tumor and my surgeries. It was more of an interview I believe. I don’t remember to much about it. I was 7 or 8 and I remember I was really exited about it. I told everyone that I was going to be on T.V. and to make sure and watch Chanel 8. I remember I had to travel to Idaho Falls where there station was located and they gave me a toy afterwords I believe it was a barbie. Make a Wish is a good foundation it gives children a chance to experience things they never thought was possible.
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