Stem cells have been associated with destruction and death, but how about an opportunity? An opportunity for the people who have been dealt a cruel card from fate. An opportunity for men and women, adults and children, fathers and mothers, who have had their lives shaken and their lives destroyed. An opportunity for the 58% of paraplegics and the 42% of quadriplegics to walk, to talk and to live out their dreams. Now imagine your whole life then it comes to the stop because of a catastrophic accident, everything changes, for a friend, a father, a mother or yourself. Confined to a wheelchair or trapped on life support never to walk, never to talk, never to live your life.
The leading cause of spinal injury are motor accidents involving people who have just received their drivers licence or are in the long journey of receiving their full licence. These are men and women who are 16 to 21 have their lives drastically changed. With the introduction of stem cell research this would be a thing of the past, with the proper resources and a rallying of scientists to refine the stem cell process men and women, adults and children, mothers and fathers would be able to walk, to talk and live their life as they lived it before the cruel twist of fate.
A spinal cord injury is when the spinal cord is damaged from an accident or disease which disrupts or destroys the neural pathways that run from our spinal cord to all parts of the body. In an accident when the damage is severe they may become a paraplegic or worse, quadriplegic resulting in them losing total motor movement.
Stem cell research has been disputed upon the point that would it be murder to destroy a fertilized egg that will most likely never be used to be implanted into a uterus. Stem cell research involves removing the uncharacterized cells in a zygote which has been artificially created for artificial conception. Stem cells can be used to replace the damaged cells in the spinal cord which allows a person to walk and move again, giving them the freedom to live out their lives.
In a late afternoon on a Summers day Cody Culwell was in a tragic accident she said "my mother and I had an accident in my mother's car. When I regained consciousness in hospital I was told that two cervical vertebrae, namely C5 and C6, were broken and that I had also suffered a spinal cord injury. The vertebrae were fixed with a neck brace for four months and the doctors tried to help me retain my body functions with physiotherapy but I was only 14 years old and paraplegic." Cody is no older than us but because of a tragic accident has had her life changed, never to walk again. Confined to a wheel chair for the rest of her life now the opportunities for her have now been limited, not from her fault or anyone else's.
So would you deny young Cody Culwell the opportunity to live out her life again? The opportunity to continue her life before the tragic accident? The opportunity to walk, to move and to live out her life? So why deny the opportunity for stem cell research which will heal people like Cody so they will never have to live the rest of her days confined to a wheel chair or in a bed for the rest of their life? Stem cell research will help the people who cannot walk or move. It will help the people who are friends or family, mothers or fathers, sons and daughters. So would you deny the opportunity for people like Cody to fix their lives and to let them carry on after their accident?
Monday, March 14, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Draft 1 Speech with some techniques highlighted
What have stem cells been associated to? Murder? Death? How about an opportunity? An opportunity for people who have had been dealt a cruel card from fate. Men and women, adults and children, fathers and mothers, lives shaken, lives destroyed. 58% of all spinal injuries result the victim to become paraplegics, 48% become quadriplegic. Imagine everything in your life and all of a sudden it stops, everything changes you or mother, father due to a tragic accident are forever paralyzed, confined to a wheel chair or in life support never to walk or maybe move again you never expect to happen to you or someone you know.
The leading of cause to spinal injury are motor incidents from people who have just received their drivers licence are in the long journey in receiving their full licence. These are men and women who are 16 to 21 who have their lives drastically changed. With the introduction of stem cell research this would be a thing of the past, with the proper resources and a rallying of scientists to refine the stem cell process men and women, adults and children, mothers and fathers (repetition of this phrase from before) would be able to walk, to talk and live their life(also high modality) as they lived it after life gave them a cruel card of fate (also repetition).
Spinal cord injuries are when the spinal cord is damaged from an accident or disease this can disrupt or destroy the neural pathways that run from our spinal cord to all parts of the body. If the damage is light and the person is lucky the pathways will remain unharmed and so will their motor skills on the other hand (colloquial language) if the person is unlucky and the damage is severe they may become a paraplegic or worst and quadriplegic resulting in them losing all motor skills to their upper or lower half of their body or losing total motor movement.
Stem cell research has been disputed upon from the fact that would it be murder for destroying a fertilized egg that will most likely never be used to be implanted into a uterus. Stem cell research involves removing the uncharacterized cells in a zygote which has been artificially created to for artificial conception. Stem cells can be used to replace the damaged cells in the spinal cord allowing a person to walk and move to allow them to live out their lives and to allow them to rebuild their lives.
So is it murder to kill something which has never been alive? Is it still murder for killing what could have been? So is it still wrong to destroy a zygote which will never been used to create another human being to fix one that needs help, who has a family, who is a son or daughter or father or mother? So is it wrong to destroy what could be to fix families and lives?
Rhetorical Questions
High Modality
Repetition
Alliteration
Statistics
Draft 1 of Speech Notes from Mr. Cav
What have stem cells been associated to? Murder? Death?(statement?) How about an opportunity? An opportunity for people who have had been dealt a cruel card from fate. Men and women, adults and children, fathers and mothers, lives shaken, lives destroyed. 58% of all spinal injuries result the victim to become paraplegics, 48% become quadriplegic. Imagine everything in your life and all of a sudden it stops, everything changes you or mother, father due to a tragic accident are forever paralyzed, confined to a wheel chair or in life support never to walk or maybe move again you never expect to happen to you or someone you know.
anecdote?
The leading of cause to spinal injury are motor incidents from people who have just received their drivers licence are in the long journey in receiving their full licence. These are men and women who are 16 to 21 who have their lives drastically changed. With the introduction of stem cell research this would be a thing of the past, with the proper resources and a rallying of scientists to refine the stem cell process men and women, adults and children, mothers and fathers would be able to walk, to talk and live their life as they lived it after life gave them a cruel card of fate.
Spinal cord injuries are when the spinal cord is damaged from an accident or disease this can disrupt or destroy the neural pathways that run from our spinal cord to all parts of the body. If the damage is light and the person is lucky the pathways will remain unharmed and so will their motor skills on the other hand if the person is unlucky and the damage is severe they may become a paraplegic or worst and quadriplegic resulting in them losing all motor skills to their upper or lower half of their body or losing total motor movement.
Stem cell research has been disputed upon from the fact that would it be murder for destroying a fertilized egg that will most likely never be used to be implanted into a uterus. Stem cell research involves removing the uncharacterized cells in a zygote which has been artificially created to for artificial conception. Stem cells can be used to replace the damaged cells in the spinal cord allowing a person to walk and move to allow them to live out their lives and to allow them to rebuild their lives.
So is it murder to kill something which has never been alive? Is it still murder for killing what could have been? So is it still wrong to destroy a zygote which will never been used to create another human being to fix one that needs help, who has a family, who is a son or daughter or father or mother? So is it wrong to destroy what could be to fix families and lives?
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Drafting Assessment Task Speech
What have stem cells been associated with? Murder? Death? How about an opportunity? An opportunity for people who have been dealt a cruel card from fate. Men and women, adults and children, fathers and mothers, lives shaken, lives destroyed. 58% of all spinal injuries result in the victim becoming paraplegic and 48% become quadriplegic. Imagine everything in your life and all of a sudden it stops, everything changes you or your mother, or your father are forever paralyzed due to a tragic accident, confined to a wheel chair or on life support never to walk or move again.
The leading cause of spinal injury are motor accidents involving people who have just received their drivers licence or are in the long journey of receiving their full licence. These are men and women who are 16 to 21 have their lives drastically changed. With the introduction of stem cell research this would be a thing of the past, with the proper resources and a rallying of scientists to refine the stem cell process men and women, adults and children, mothers and fathers would be able to walk, to talk and live their life as they lived it before the cruel twist of fate.
Spinal cord injuries are when the spinal cord is damaged from an accident or disease which disrupts or destroys the neural pathways that run from our spinal cord to all parts of the body. In the event of an accident the damage is severe they may become a paraplegic or worse and quadriplegic resulting in them losing total motor movement.
Stem cell research has been disputed upon the point that would it be murder to destroy a fertilized egg that will most likely never be used to be implanted into a uterus. Stem cell research involves removing the uncharacterized cells in a zygote which has been artificially created for artificial conception. Stem cells can be used to replace the damaged cells in the spinal cord which allows a person to walk and move again, giving them the freedom to live out their lives.
So is it murder to kill something which has never been alive? Is it still murder to kill what could have been? So is it still wrong to destroy a zygote which would have never been used to create another human being to fix one that needs help, who has a family, who is a son or daughter or father or mother? So is it wrong to destroy what could be to fix families and lives?
The leading cause of spinal injury are motor accidents involving people who have just received their drivers licence or are in the long journey of receiving their full licence. These are men and women who are 16 to 21 have their lives drastically changed. With the introduction of stem cell research this would be a thing of the past, with the proper resources and a rallying of scientists to refine the stem cell process men and women, adults and children, mothers and fathers would be able to walk, to talk and live their life as they lived it before the cruel twist of fate.
Spinal cord injuries are when the spinal cord is damaged from an accident or disease which disrupts or destroys the neural pathways that run from our spinal cord to all parts of the body. In the event of an accident the damage is severe they may become a paraplegic or worse and quadriplegic resulting in them losing total motor movement.
Stem cell research has been disputed upon the point that would it be murder to destroy a fertilized egg that will most likely never be used to be implanted into a uterus. Stem cell research involves removing the uncharacterized cells in a zygote which has been artificially created for artificial conception. Stem cells can be used to replace the damaged cells in the spinal cord which allows a person to walk and move again, giving them the freedom to live out their lives.
So is it murder to kill something which has never been alive? Is it still murder to kill what could have been? So is it still wrong to destroy a zygote which would have never been used to create another human being to fix one that needs help, who has a family, who is a son or daughter or father or mother? So is it wrong to destroy what could be to fix families and lives?
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Research for Assessment Task 1
Endorsement
- Embryonic stem cells have the potential to grow indefinitely in a laboratory environment and can differentiate into almost all types of bodily tissue. This makes embryonic stem cells a prospect for cellular therapies to treat a wide range of diseases
Human potential and humanity
This argument often goes hand-in-hand with the utilitarian argument, and can be presented in several forms:
- Embryos are not equivalent to human life while they are still incapable of surviving outside the womb (i.e. they only have the potential for life).
This is the definition for the argument that judges human life which has been a controversy whether a zygote is a human and killing it would be murder
- Some parties contend that embryos are not humans, believing that the life of Homo sapiens only begins when the heartbeat develops, which is during the 5th week of pregnancy, or when the brain begins developing activity, which has been detected at 54 days after conception.
This will show that embryos are not humans until they have developed a hearth beat and therefore that if the parent wishes to remove it, it would not be murder.
Efficiency
- In vitro fertilization (IVF) generates large numbers of unused embryos (e.g. 70,000 in Australia alone). Many of these thousands of IVF embryos are slated for destruction. Using them for scientific research uses a resource that would otherwise be wasted.
Statistics about the amount of unused embryos that will not be used are being wasted when they could cure diseases
- While the destruction of human embryos is required to establish a stem cell line, no new embryos have to be destroyed to work with existing stem cell lines. It would be wasteful not to continue to make use of these cell lines as a resource.
It would not be destroying any new embryos in the process as the embryos that have been produce will most likely never be used
- Abortions are legal in many countries and jurisdictions. The argument then follows that if these embryos are being destroyed anyway, why not use them for stem cell research or treatments?
Superiority
This is usually presented as a counter-argument to using adult stem cells as an alternative that doesn't involve embryonic destruction.
- Embryonic stem cells make up a significant proportion of a developing embryo, while adult stem cells exist as minor populations within a mature individual (e.g. in every 1,000 cells of the bone marrow, only 1 will be a usable stem cell). Thus, embryonic stem cells are likely to be easier to isolate and grow ex vivo than adult stem cells.
- Embryonic stem cells divide more rapidly than adult stem cells, potentially making it easier to generate large numbers of cells for therapeutic means. In contrast, adult stem cell might not divide fast enough to offer immediate treatment.
- Embryonic stem cells have greater plasticity, potentially allowing them to treat a wider range of diseases.
- Adult stem cells from the patient's own body might not be effective in treatment of genetic disorders. Allogeneic embryonic stem cell transplantation (i.e. from a healthy donor) may be more practical in these cases than gene therapy of a patient's own cell.
- DNA abnormalities found in adult stem cells that are caused by toxins and sunlight may make them poorly suited for treatment.
- Embryonic stem cells have been shown to be effective in treating heart damage in mice.
- Embryonic stem cells have the potential to cure chronic and degenerative diseases which current medicine has been unable to effectively treat.
This is all the effective uses for stem cells over the adult stem cells found in bone marrow saying that is faster and easier to use and can be used in many different applications and does not require an adults own cells or with the same circumstances (i.e. blood type, age, sex)
This picture shows the process of how stem cells are cultivated and changed into certain cells in the body starting as a fertilized egg that is allowed to multiply at a point it is then harvested for the cultured undifferentiated stem cells which can be changed to any type of cells because they have not been specified as a certain cell.
http://static.wix.com/media/63a213bd19323437de35700ac2a78083.wix_mp
This is an introduction into stem cells and the characteristics from a reputable site from the National institute of health resource for stem cell research giving my argument a more authoritative logical argument saying the characteristics of the stem cells and what they can achieve.
http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/basics1.asp
The Australian Stem Cell Centre is the largest, most comprehensive stem cell research organisation in Australia. Founded in 2002, it was formed to take advantage of Australia’s significant strengths in the field of stem cell research. The ASCC has a strong focus on partnering and networking and is focused on utilising stem cells and related technologies to meet human health challenges.
This is the main thesis of the Australian Stem Cell Centre the leading organisation for stem cell research in Australia. This gives the thesis of the history of the centre and the main focus of their efforts for stem cell research. This will give credibility to my argument by quoting their thesis.
http://www.stemcellcentre.edu.au/
Scientists are now beginning to succeed in making stem cells differentiate into particular types of cells, and identifying whether these specialised cells function normally. Australian scientists have been at the forefront of this research. For example, scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne and at the University of Queensland are looking at brain stem cells, with a long-term view of treating patients with brain injuries or degenerative diseases. Others are studying the capacity for stem cells to produce a complex organ, by making scaffolding for cells to grow on or around.
This excerpt from the Australian government website shows the current success and the research that is going into stem cell research and what they hope will be able to be achieved. This website is from the Australian government and will give a large amount of credibility to my argument.
http://www.biotechnologyonline.gov.au/human/researchsc.html
This picture shows the process of how stem cells are cultivated and changed into certain cells in the body starting as a fertilized egg that is allowed to multiply at a point it is then harvested for the cultured undifferentiated stem cells which can be changed to any type of cells because they have not been specified as a certain cell.
http://static.wix.com/media/63a213bd19323437de35700ac2a78083.wix_mp
Stem cells have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body during early life and growth. In addition, in many tissues they serve as a sort of internal repair system, dividing essentially without limit to replenish other cells as long as the person or animal is still alive. When a stem cell divides, each new cell has the potential either to remain a stem cell or become another type of cell with a more specialized function, such as a muscle cell, a red blood cell, or a brain cell.
Stem cells are distinguished from other cell types by two important characteristics. First, they are unspecialized cells capable of renewing themselves through cell division, sometimes after long periods of inactivity. Second, under certain physiologic or experimental conditions, they can be induced to become tissue- or organ-specific cells with special functions. In some organs, such as the gut and bone marrow, stem cells regularly divide to repair and replace worn out or damaged tissues. In other organs, however, such as the pancreas and the heart, stem cells only divide under special conditions.
This is an introduction into stem cells and the characteristics from a reputable site from the National institute of health resource for stem cell research giving my argument a more authoritative logical argument saying the characteristics of the stem cells and what they can achieve.
http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/basics1.asp
The Australian Stem Cell Centre is the largest, most comprehensive stem cell research organisation in Australia. Founded in 2002, it was formed to take advantage of Australia’s significant strengths in the field of stem cell research. The ASCC has a strong focus on partnering and networking and is focused on utilising stem cells and related technologies to meet human health challenges.
This is the main thesis of the Australian Stem Cell Centre the leading organisation for stem cell research in Australia. This gives the thesis of the history of the centre and the main focus of their efforts for stem cell research. This will give credibility to my argument by quoting their thesis.
http://www.stemcellcentre.edu.au/
Scientists are now beginning to succeed in making stem cells differentiate into particular types of cells, and identifying whether these specialised cells function normally. Australian scientists have been at the forefront of this research. For example, scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne and at the University of Queensland are looking at brain stem cells, with a long-term view of treating patients with brain injuries or degenerative diseases. Others are studying the capacity for stem cells to produce a complex organ, by making scaffolding for cells to grow on or around.
This excerpt from the Australian government website shows the current success and the research that is going into stem cell research and what they hope will be able to be achieved. This website is from the Australian government and will give a large amount of credibility to my argument.
http://www.biotechnologyonline.gov.au/human/researchsc.html
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Monday Period 3: The Assessment Task HW
Stem Cell Research
Stem cell research is a fairly controversial topic, people view the testing on parts of humans or even be it the umbilical cord after it has done its job is unjust and inhumane. Stem cells are the cells that have not been assigned a specific role in the human body and it is thought that through research eventually scientist will be able to be able to implant these stem cells to cure human disabilities such as brain damage and spinal cord injuries. There are two types of stem cells, 1. the stem cells from bone marrow in fully grown adults which can be found in the centre of large bones in humans but is very painful to extract. 2. The stem cells found in unborn fetuses which has led to controversies about is it still murder if the zygote has been destroyed to extract the stem cells even though there is a high chance that it will never be used to make a baby.
Euthanasia
Euthanasia is the manner of ending life to end suffering and pain this is often common in putting animals to 'sleep' to end their suffering from a expensive and painful disease or disability. This is often common practice to put a horse 'down' if it has a broken leg which would be incredibly painful and expensive for the owner and for the horse. Many diseases for humans are painful and have a high chance of mortality such as cancer, most patients that have been diagnosed with cancer have little to no chance for recovery and the procedures that are required to improve the chances are often very expensive and painful. Euthanasia has been disputed among culture as being a higher form of suicide which is frowned upon since ancient society.
Equality
Egalitarianism is the belief that all people should be treated the same no matter age, gender, race, religion, political, economic status. The belief that we should try to make more and more people have equal rights has been thought as the start to a perfect society where there would be no wars for power no racism and no disadvantages but this would lead to other problems as for economic status where people will always have to work to feed other people, who would lead such a place where everyone is equal only to be thought as the person who has more rights and power over everyone else. Equality is thought as the predecessor to a perfect society but it would lead to other problems as our current society has been developed from classes of people from the working class who manufacture the goods and services for the people higher in economic status.
Stem cell research is a fairly controversial topic, people view the testing on parts of humans or even be it the umbilical cord after it has done its job is unjust and inhumane. Stem cells are the cells that have not been assigned a specific role in the human body and it is thought that through research eventually scientist will be able to be able to implant these stem cells to cure human disabilities such as brain damage and spinal cord injuries. There are two types of stem cells, 1. the stem cells from bone marrow in fully grown adults which can be found in the centre of large bones in humans but is very painful to extract. 2. The stem cells found in unborn fetuses which has led to controversies about is it still murder if the zygote has been destroyed to extract the stem cells even though there is a high chance that it will never be used to make a baby.
Euthanasia
Euthanasia is the manner of ending life to end suffering and pain this is often common in putting animals to 'sleep' to end their suffering from a expensive and painful disease or disability. This is often common practice to put a horse 'down' if it has a broken leg which would be incredibly painful and expensive for the owner and for the horse. Many diseases for humans are painful and have a high chance of mortality such as cancer, most patients that have been diagnosed with cancer have little to no chance for recovery and the procedures that are required to improve the chances are often very expensive and painful. Euthanasia has been disputed among culture as being a higher form of suicide which is frowned upon since ancient society.
Equality
Egalitarianism is the belief that all people should be treated the same no matter age, gender, race, religion, political, economic status. The belief that we should try to make more and more people have equal rights has been thought as the start to a perfect society where there would be no wars for power no racism and no disadvantages but this would lead to other problems as for economic status where people will always have to work to feed other people, who would lead such a place where everyone is equal only to be thought as the person who has more rights and power over everyone else. Equality is thought as the predecessor to a perfect society but it would lead to other problems as our current society has been developed from classes of people from the working class who manufacture the goods and services for the people higher in economic status.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Friday Period 5: NAPLAN and Crafting a Speech
In a blog post of your own craft a speech convincing the class to attend and cheer at the upcoming CAS Swimming Carnival.
a. make sure you have a clear beginning, middle and end
b. make sure you utilise at least 3 of the techniques we have been discussing
c. highlight which mode of reasoning your are using (logos, ethos, or pathos)
d. include one relevant quote in your speech (see MLK's 'I have a dream')
Be prepared to deliver your speech in the first class of next week.
Pathos
You stand on the blocks before a 50m pool staring down to the end of the pool, to your goal, to where you will represent your school. You have woken up early every morning before school committing yourself to this very moment, not for yourself but for everyone else, weeks and months gone into training. Then comes the day where you stand on the block and all that could be heard was silence, not one person cheering after all the effort and days gone into training for your school only to be denied the appreciation that you have come here to represent your school and that your school does not care about your effort and commitment you have shown.
Wouldn't you feel demoralized at the fact that your school could not and will not appreciate your efforts and commitment to represent you? Would you swim harder and faster to win the CAS swimming carnival for the people cheering you on, cheering you to victory? These men of Knox have worked willingly to give us, our school the greatest chance of success but his will only get us half way there, we must hold up our end of the bargain we must cheer them on to get us all the way to the CAS cup, to success, to victory.
These men "cannot walk alone, and as" they "walk we must take a pledge and that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back" in those words by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. we must walk ahead of our fellow comrades cheering the Knox name, we must lay the path for our swimmers, so that our competitors will fear our name, "we cannot turn back" and they "cannot walk alone" so we shall walk with them to victory. So they cannot do this alone and we must help them win for us by cheering, shouting and yelling your lungs out for our own benefit but out of respect for the men who had worked trained every early morning to give us a chance of success at CAS swimming. We are Knox and we will win!! For us the swimmers and the men that have gone before us. Because this is our hour, our hour for success, for honor for our school and for the men who will swim for us.
a. make sure you have a clear beginning, middle and end
b. make sure you utilise at least 3 of the techniques we have been discussing
c. highlight which mode of reasoning your are using (logos, ethos, or pathos)
d. include one relevant quote in your speech (see MLK's 'I have a dream')
Be prepared to deliver your speech in the first class of next week.
Pathos
You stand on the blocks before a 50m pool staring down to the end of the pool, to your goal, to where you will represent your school. You have woken up early every morning before school committing yourself to this very moment, not for yourself but for everyone else, weeks and months gone into training. Then comes the day where you stand on the block and all that could be heard was silence, not one person cheering after all the effort and days gone into training for your school only to be denied the appreciation that you have come here to represent your school and that your school does not care about your effort and commitment you have shown.
Wouldn't you feel demoralized at the fact that your school could not and will not appreciate your efforts and commitment to represent you? Would you swim harder and faster to win the CAS swimming carnival for the people cheering you on, cheering you to victory? These men of Knox have worked willingly to give us, our school the greatest chance of success but his will only get us half way there, we must hold up our end of the bargain we must cheer them on to get us all the way to the CAS cup, to success, to victory.
These men "cannot walk alone, and as" they "walk we must take a pledge and that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back" in those words by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. we must walk ahead of our fellow comrades cheering the Knox name, we must lay the path for our swimmers, so that our competitors will fear our name, "we cannot turn back" and they "cannot walk alone" so we shall walk with them to victory. So they cannot do this alone and we must help them win for us by cheering, shouting and yelling your lungs out for our own benefit but out of respect for the men who had worked trained every early morning to give us a chance of success at CAS swimming. We are Knox and we will win!! For us the swimmers and the men that have gone before us. Because this is our hour, our hour for success, for honor for our school and for the men who will swim for us.
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