Skip to content

Tag Archives: human embryonic stem cells

A collection of videos for discussion of ethical and social issues in human embryonic stem cells research

Thursday, March 6, 2014

This is a collection of the videos that I used in lab discussion section of the ethical issues in human embryonic stem cells research in the 2014 BIOL36701 Principles Development at Purdue University. 1. An introduction to stem cell – A stem cell story 2. Are embryos persons? 3. A question of balance? 4. How […]

Filed in science and society, stem cell & regeneration | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on A collection of videos for discussion of ethical and social issues in human embryonic stem cells research

A collection of videos for discussion of ethical and social issues in developmental biology – Stem cells: II. Desperate patients and people who want to take advantage of their situation

Monday, March 26, 2012

In my last post, I provided several links to general introductions of stem cells. In this post, I will share several documentaries that show how bad people are taking advantage of desperate patients who have heard stem cells therapy may give them a last hope. II. Desperate patients and people who take advantage of their […]

Filed in Fai's sharing, medicine and medical research, science and society, stem cell & regeneration | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on A collection of videos for discussion of ethical and social issues in developmental biology – Stem cells: II. Desperate patients and people who want to take advantage of their situation

A collection of videos for discussion of ethical and social issues in developmental biology – Stem cells: I. Introduction to the topic

Monday, February 13, 2012

Over the years, I have been leading a discussion about the ethical and social issues of stem cells research in my class and have used a few useful videos on various aspects. You may find them useful too. I. Introduction to the topic “A Stem Cell Story” – a great introduction of human embryonic stem […]

Filed in Fai's sharing, medicine and medical research, science and society, stem cell & regeneration | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on A collection of videos for discussion of ethical and social issues in developmental biology – Stem cells: I. Introduction to the topic

Promising results from the first humal trial of treating incurable eye diseases with embryonic stem cells

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

From Washington Post: For the first time, an experimental treatment made from human embryonic stem cells has shown evidence of helping someone, partially restoring sight to two people suffering from slowly progressing forms of blindness. In short, the authors of this study that is just published in Lancet differentiated human embryonic stem cells (hESC) into […]

Filed in Fai's sharing, medicine and medical research, stem cell & regeneration | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments (2)