Thursday, April 11, 2013

Blood Breakthrough at Mac (Reading Questions)

April.11, 2013
Blood Breakthrough at Mac Article Questions

1.What kind of cells were used to create blood cells?
Ans: Skin cells are used to create blood cells.

2.Which patients can benefit from this process?
Ans: Patients who has cancer, anemia and all sorts of disease to receive healthy and perfectly matched blood products.

3.What previous discoveries did this research build upon?
Ans: They used previous discoveries such as skin be grown outside the body, skin cells can be converted to stem cells and the whole idea of stem cells and their flexibility.

4.Describe the process by which the blood cells are created.
Ans: The blood cells are created as skin cells are becoming stem cells but in an environment filled with proteins that promote the growth and survival of blood cells. After countless experiments, they reached the perfect condition where they could reliably coax the skin cells into converting to blood cells.

5.What future research might be done that builds upon this research?
Ans: The next step and researches might be testing them widely and finding out more about the process and application.

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