Title page for E-project-090208-141329

Project Type IQP

Submission date 2008-09-02

Authors
Sezai Emre Gazioglu, CE
Christopher Eduard Drake Smith, CS

URN E-project-090208-141329

Division Health Care and Technology

Title Stem Cells

Advisor
Adams, David S., BB

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
This project investigates several different aspects of the complex, and in a way existential, topic of stem cells, documenting various types of stem cells, their potencies, their uses, their controversial ethical dilemmas, their legal aspects, and their overall effects on society. We support the efforts to re-establish U.S. federal funding for embryinic stem (ES) cell research. We also support the use of alternatives to ES cells, such as iES cells. Adult stem cells do not require the destruction of an embryo, but are harder to identify and grow than ES cells, and have less potency.

Files
Emre_and_Chris_Smith_IQP_Final.pdf

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Project Type	IQP
Submission date	2008-09-02
Authors	Sezai Emre Gazioglu, CE Christopher Eduard Drake Smith, CS
URN	E-project-090208-141329
Division	Health Care and Technology
Title	Stem Cells
Advisor	Adams, David S., BB
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This project investigates several different aspects of the complex, and in a way existential, topic of stem cells, documenting various types of stem cells, their potencies, their uses, their controversial ethical dilemmas, their legal aspects, and their overall effects on society. We support the efforts to re-establish U.S. federal funding for embryinic stem (ES) cell research. We also support the use of alternatives to ES cells, such as iES cells. Adult stem cells do not require the destruction of an embryo, but are harder to identify and grow than ES cells, and have less potency.
Files	Emre_and_Chris_Smith_IQP_Final.pdf