Treating Disease with Stem CellsThis article was written by Dr. Gregory Hale, professor of Pediatrics at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, in response to questions posed by Scientific American Magazine regarding the treatment of certain diseases with cord blood stem cells. There is so...

Blood is composed of cells and fluid, contain many inorganic and organic molecules. Functions of blood could be falls into three categories: transport, defense and regulation, they all have different function. Blood transport oxygen and nutrients and removes waste from the body. It also tran...

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. In this disease the red blood cells seem to be like a "C" shaped farm tool called a "sickle"; they tend to get stuck in the blood vessels and clogs the flow of b...

According to Leroy C Edozien of the British Medical Journal, increasing numbers of women in maternity units across the United Kingdom are requesting doctors to collect and preserve their umbilical cord blood when delivering their babies to enable the women to privately store the umbilical cord stem...

What are plasmacytoma and multiple myeloma? Plasmacytoma is cancer where abnormal plasma cells called myeloma cells form a tumor in the bone. Multiple myeloma is when you have more than one tumor. Multiple myeloma is a rare and life-threatening cancer of the bone marrow. (Kindersley, 2004) When my h...

BLOODThe major transportation fluid1unit=.5litersFunctions1. Transportation medium for food and oxygen cells.2. Transport medium for waste and carbon dioxide from the cells.3. Movement of hormones, enzymes, immune cells and other chemicals throughout the body.4. Important in the regulation of body t...

BLOODThe major transportation fluid1unit=.5litersFunctions1. Transportation medium for food and oxygen cells.2. Transport medium for waste and carbon dioxide from the cells.3. Movement of hormones, enzymes, immune cells and other chemicals throughout the body.4. Important in the regulation of body t...

Unit 2 Biology- FUNCTIONING ORGANISMSSAC-'Essay on transport systems'"Transport systems play an essential role in the survival of flowering plants and mammals"Transport systems play an essential role in the survival of flowering plants and mammals. These organisms rely entirely on the transport of w...