Reference no: EM131313700
Hospitals and clinics that offer stem cell treatments make claims about what stem cells can and cannot do. Our understanding of science does not support some of these claims. The material studied in this activity should clarify some of the misinformation that is widely circulated.
First:
Review
Understanding Stem Cells from the National Academies.
Read
Nine Things to Know About Stem Cell Treatments
How Science Becomes Medicine
Fighting aging using stem cell therapy
Stem cells in Texas: Cowboy culture
Then, find the following:
The PubMed Central database can be used to find scientific articles about medicine and the life sciences. This database is available through the Excelsior Library:
Go to the Excelsior College Library (the library is always available in the purple menu on the left)
Click on the Research Databases link in the Find It section
The databases are listed alphabetically, so click on M-Q
Scroll down and click on PubMed Central to access it
Use the PubMed Central search function to find a recent article about stem cell treatment for aging and a second article about stem cell treatment for Multiple Sclerosis.
Finally, submit the following:
Provide citations of the two articles you found when you searched PubMed Central. Remember that one should be about stem cell treatment for aging and one should be about stem cell treatment for Multiple Sclerosis.
Include a short summary of these two articles. Do the abstracts indicate there is evidence that stem cell treatment could work in either or both cases?
In the case of fighting aging with stem cell therapy, does the scientific report that you found on PubMed Central give you confidence that the new report from NewVision is accurate Why or why not?
In the case of treating Multiple Sclerosis with stem cell therapy, does the scientific report give you confidence that the news report from Nature is accurate? Why or why not?
|
How did your team members respond to your team leadership
: How did your team members respond to your team leadership? In order to answer this question, you will need to ask for and gather specific feedback from your team members.
|
|
New marketing campaign to increase online sales
: You have been hired as a consultant for a company that would like to start a new marketing campaign to increase their online sales. They have given you data for 840 of their customers and would like to know who they should target in their new cam..
|
|
What are some of the advantages of the supply chain used
: What are some of the advantages of the supply chain used in the Japanese auto industry before the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami? What were some of its disadvantages?
|
|
Find the stream function and sketch the streamlines
: Determine the pressure gradient at the stagnation point of Problem.- For the velocity potentials given below, find the stream function and sketch the streamlines.
|
|
Write a short summary of these two articles
: Do the abstracts indicate there is evidence that stem cell treatment could work in either or both cases?In the case of fighting aging with stem cell therapy, does the scientific report that you found on PubMed Central give you confidence that the n..
|
|
Discuss the marketing systems
: Q1. With the aid of a diagram discuss the marketing systems? Q2. Discuss the problems that occur when universities and industry form joint ventures for research purposes.How have these problems been solved?
|
|
Write preconditions for the following methods
: Ideally, a method should have no side effects. Can you write a program in which no method has a side effect? Would such a program be useful?
|
|
Create a powerpoint presentation on a training method
: You have been asked to create a PowerPoint presentation on a training method for executives at an organization you currently work for or an organization you wish to work for in the future. Research a training method of your choice to MHR 6551, Tra..
|
|
Calculate the total lift force on the arctic hut
: Calculate the total lift force on the Arctic hut shown below as a function of the location of the opening.- The lift force results from the difference between the inside pressure and the outside pressure.
|