Joel Newbury Stem Cell Research What is technology? According to Webster's Dictionary, it is a technical method of achieving a practical purpose. But in a sense it is more than this: it is a key to the future of America. When we say the future of America, we are not talking about...

Have you ever come across someone suffering from Alzheimer's disease? What about Parkinson's disease? How about someone terminally ill with liver cancer who is unable to get a transplant? What if a potential breakthrough could solve these problems, but it is surrounded by controversy? One such br...

Alzheimer's disease typically afflicts patients during the later years of their lives, and is most commonly associated with a general loss of cognitive function. For example, there is often progressive memory loss and a general decline in the patient's ability to reason, solve problems, an...

Thousands of Americans face trouble doing regular work around the house. Most of them have difficulties using scissors, can no longer do extracurricular activities, and have to take several expensive prescription medications just to ease the uncontrollable tremors in their muscles. Thes...

There are many scientific benefits to cloning. Cloning is defined as the making of a precise copy of a molecule, cell, or individual plan or animal. The scientific benefits of cloning are endless and know no boundaries. The reason that it knows no boundaries is because not all forms of cloning a...

Since the death of former President Ronald Regan, federal funding of embryonic stem cell research is a topic which continues to be present in our headlines. Some people feel that embryonic stem cells could produce a cure for the devastating disease of Alzheimer's. Nancy Reagan is now trying to infl...

Has embryonic stem cell research finally reached its final days? The topic of embryonic stem cell research has been a controversial and complex one from the start. It has pitted religious leaders and members of the scientific community against each other. Religious leaders and those against the r...

Stem-cell research is a miraculous medical breakthrough because it holds the cure for many serious illnesses. However, there is a great deal of controversy involving this topic. The sources of these cells scientists are most interested in are spare embryos created in fertility clinics. These embryos...

The recent death of Ronald Regan from Alzheimer's disease has generated an explosion in the field of stem cell research. Scientists wonder if stem cells implanted in Regan's brain could have helped improve the status of his Alzheimer's or even cure it. Stem cell research was brought to attention ...

Embryonic stem cells are undifferentiated cells that can divide indefinitely and develop into more mature, specialized cells. In the course of development, they ultimately become skin cells, neurons, muscle, blood cells and every other of the 220 cell types that make up the tissues and organs in the...

Research Paper: Cloning Today, humankind lives in a world of technology, technology that is rapidly advancing and presenting more ways to improve life. The cloning of animals and humans are part of this technology, parts which can ultimately lead to the reassurance and pro-longing of life as w...

The Issue: Recently the nation mourned the loss of a former President, and sadly he did not even remember that he was ever the Commander in Chief. Ronald Reagan suffered form Alzheimer's, a disease that affects nearly 4 million Americans. Every day a million U.S. children endure endless fing...

Cloning and stem cell research, which have been a big issue ever since Hans Spemann first raised the question of nuclear equivalency in 1938. The controversy behind cloning is that this will give scientists too much power, and many people believe that cloning should not be allowed because it is ag...

The research of stem cell biology has introduced possibilities of cellular replacement strategies, which, if successful, could create effective treatments for diseases such as Parkinson's Disease and Diabetes (type 1), as well as repairs to severe spinal cord injuries that were previously untreatab...