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Business Strategy Nova Moda is a medium sized business, it has just opened a new outlet in Tower road Sliema, though in its first week of opening, its store traffic
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Stem Cells and Therapeutic Cloning
Embryonic stem cells were grown in a laboratory successfully in 1998. At that time researchers were able to have the stem cells begin copying themselves without becoming anything further (Easterbrook, 2000). This was an exciting time for researchers to begin discovering this new technology. The therapeutic cloning process begins when the nucleus is removed from a human egg and replaced with the nucleus of a body cell from the person who needs to be treated. The resulting hybrid cells can be grown outside the person's body in a laboratory. The cells divide to form a collection of cells called a blastocyst, which is essentially the early stage of a human embryo. The cells in the blastocyst are called stem cells, because unlike most of the cells in the human body, they are not yet specialized to carry out particular jobs (K.E. Hammel, PhD., personal communication, April 23, 2006). That is, if these cells receive the right instructions, more specialized cells can stem from them as they continue to divide. This paper is written to support the efforts of research to improve the quality of life for individuals that may benefit from advances in regenerative medicine through the use of stem cells in therapeutic cloning. One of the promising features of stem cell therapy is that the cells resemble those of the patient so closely that he or she will not be rejected by the immune system.
Ethics
Ethical questions arise when stem cells are obtained from human embryos, and some find this morally repugnant. In the article Public Perception and Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cells, Turnpenny (2005) states one of the ethical controversies is in regard to the word cloning and for the implied destruction of a human life. Much of the controversy is over when life begins, which is a question that is not easily answered. Another aspect is the perception that human cloning is possible, and cites Dolly the sheep as an example....
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