1. STEM CELL REGENERATION BY: NOELLE KEISTER AND JAYLEN MANUM

3. WHAT ARE STEM CELLS? STEM CELLS ARE CELLS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE INTO WHATEVER TYPE OF CELL THEY WANT! THEY ASSIST THE BODY IN MAINTAINING, RENEWING, AND REPAIRING TISSUE AND CELLS THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED

4. WHERE ARE STEM CELLS FOUND? MOST STEM CELLS ARE FOUND IN A NEWBORN BABIES UMBILICAL CORD. IT IS A PROCESS CALLED BLOOD BANKING. THERE ARE ENOUGH STEM CELLS IN A BABIES UMBILICAL CORD TO LAST YOUR ENTIRE LIFE! THEY ARE ALSO FOUND IN THE BRAIN, BONE MARROW, BLOOD, BLOOD VESSELS, SKELETAL MUSCLES, SKIN, AND THE LIVER

5. CURRENT USES STEM CELLS ARE USED FOR MANY THINGS. THEY CAN BE USED TO GROW A PROSTHETIC LIMB OR OTHER BODY PART IN A LAB. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF THE PROSTHETIC IS MADE OUT OF YOUR OWN CELLS THEN YOUR BODY IS MORE LIKELY TO ACCEPT THAT PROSTHETIC INTO ITSELF. THEY ALSO CAN BE USED TO CURE MANY DIFFERENT DISEASES RANGING FROM CERTAIN TYPES OF CANCER TO EVEN BLINDNESS. STEM CELLS CAN ALSO BE USED TO GROW NEW PIECES OF EPIDERMIS(SKIN) FOR BURN VICTIMS. STEM CELLS ARE ALSO PREDICTED TO BE ABLE TO CURE DIABETES, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, PARKINSON’S DISEASE, BALDNESS, AND SOME SPINAL INJURIES.

6. THE PROCESS THE PROCESS OF USING STEM CELLS IS VERY COMPLICATED. THE CALLS HAVE TO BE TAKEN FROM WHEREVER THEY ARE AND INJECTED BACK INTO THE PERSON WHEREVER THEY NEED THEM OR TAKEN OUT AND FROZEN OR PLACED SOMEWHERE TO GROW WHATEVER IS NEEDED. IF REGROWING A CERTAIN ORGAN OR PROSTHETIC THEN IT HAS TO BE PLACED IN A PETRI DISH TO GROW IN A LAB.

7. ETHICAL AND NORMAL CONCERNS MANY OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PROCESS IS THAT DURING THE PROCESS THEY HAVE TO DESTROY BARELY DEVELOPED EMBRYOS CALLED BLASTOCYSTS WHICH MANY HUMAN RIGHTS ARE RELIGIOUS ACTIVISTS RELATE TO KILLING A HUMAN BEING. THE ACTIVISTS BELIEVE THAT THEY BLASTOCYSTS ARE HUMAN LIVES AND SHOULD BE PROTECTED AS IF THEY WERE SUCH.