{"id":80,"date":"2014-10-08T10:46:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T10:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecbio5u3hwrk\/unit-3-homework-sheet-3\/"},"modified":"2015-10-06T06:55:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T06:55:37","slug":"unit-3-homework-sheet-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecbio5u3hwrk\/unit-3-homework-sheet-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 3 Homework Sheet 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unit 3 Sht_3<\/h1>\n<p>Sht 3_3<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS\">1.<\/span>     What is the source of umbilical cord blood stem cells?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS\">2.<\/span>    What type of blood disorders can be treated using blood stem cells from the umbilical cord?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Comic Sans MS\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS\">4.<\/span>    Copy and complete the table below to show examples of the potential uses of stem cells.   The first one has been done for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hyndland-sec-glasgow.blogs.rm.com\/wp_domains\/16286_b\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Unit-3-Sht-3a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-534\" alt=\"Unit 3 Sht 3a\" src=\"https:\/\/hyndland-sec-glasgow.blogs.rm.com\/wp_domains\/16286_b\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Unit-3-Sht-3a.png\" width=\"888\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5<span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS\">.<\/span>     For many conditions adult stem cells are not suitable and researchers are hoping to use embryonic stem cells from a 6 day-old developing embryo. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Comic Sans MS\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">(i) What is the difference between an embryonic stem cell and an adult stem cell? <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS\">                                                                                  <i> <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">(ii) What is the main source of embryos to provide stem cells for this research?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Comic Sans MS\"> 6.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">    <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Many researchers hope to be able to produce embryonic stem cells derived from the patient\u2019s own cells. Figure 1 outlines the process they would use.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hyndland-sec-glasgow.blogs.rm.com\/wp_domains\/16286_b\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Unit-3-Sht-3b.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-535\" alt=\"Unit 3 Sht 3b\" src=\"https:\/\/hyndland-sec-glasgow.blogs.rm.com\/wp_domains\/16286_b\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Unit-3-Sht-3b.png\" width=\"612\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">(a) Why is it a significant advantage to make the embryonic stem cells from the patient\u2019s own cells in the way shown in Figure 1 ? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Comic Sans MS\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">(b) Why is this process called cloning? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Comic Sans MS\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">(c) Why do the researchers choose to harvest the cells for culturing at six days and not a week later when there would be far more cells? <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS\"><i> <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS\">7.<\/span>    <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Many people are opposed to the use of embryonic stem cells on ethical grounds. Others feel there are good ethical reasons for doing this research.   In your jotter, outline the two main arguments used on both sides and explain your own position. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unit 3 Sht_3 Sht 3_3 1. What is the source of umbilical cord blood stem cells? 2. What type of blood disorders can be treated using blood stem cells from the umbilical cord? 4. Copy and complete the table below to show examples of the potential uses of stem cells. The first one has been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecbio5u3hwrk\/unit-3-homework-sheet-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Unit 3 Homework Sheet 3<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2454,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecbio5u3hwrk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecbio5u3hwrk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecbio5u3hwrk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecbio5u3hwrk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2454"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecbio5u3hwrk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecbio5u3hwrk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecbio5u3hwrk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecbio5u3hwrk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}