Sheldon Krimsky
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231167482
- eISBN:
- 9780231539401
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231167482.003.0002
- Subject:
- Biology, Bioethics
In this dialogue, Dr. Charles Walker, a stem cell biologist, and Dr. Rebecca Franklin are having a conversation about how stem cells differ from other cells. Walker is one of the nation's pioneers in ...
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In this dialogue, Dr. Charles Walker, a stem cell biologist, and Dr. Rebecca Franklin are having a conversation about how stem cells differ from other cells. Walker is one of the nation's pioneers in isolating, activating, and delivering embryonic stem cells to tissues in rodents. Franklin received her master's degree in bioethics and before she started her own career in stem cell research, she interviewed Walker in his laboratory for an article she was planning to write for a general audience, like her father who is suffering from thoracic spinal cord injury. Here they talk about blood stem cells; how scientists distinguish the different types of stem cells; the distinction between totipotent, pluripotent, and multipotent stem cells; how stem cells can replace diseased, damaged, or abnormal cells; stem cell signaling; and the health risks that arise when the stem cells are used to treat human disease, citing the case of bone marrow transplants involving hematopoietic stem cells.Less
In this dialogue, Dr. Charles Walker, a stem cell biologist, and Dr. Rebecca Franklin are having a conversation about how stem cells differ from other cells. Walker is one of the nation's pioneers in isolating, activating, and delivering embryonic stem cells to tissues in rodents. Franklin received her master's degree in bioethics and before she started her own career in stem cell research, she interviewed Walker in his laboratory for an article she was planning to write for a general audience, like her father who is suffering from thoracic spinal cord injury. Here they talk about blood stem cells; how scientists distinguish the different types of stem cells; the distinction between totipotent, pluripotent, and multipotent stem cells; how stem cells can replace diseased, damaged, or abnormal cells; stem cell signaling; and the health risks that arise when the stem cells are used to treat human disease, citing the case of bone marrow transplants involving hematopoietic stem cells.
Sheldon Krimsky
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231167482
- eISBN:
- 9780231539401
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231167482.003.0020
- Subject:
- Biology, Bioethics
In this dialogue, Dr. Rebecca Franklin is having a conversation with medical anthropologist Ann Cummings of the University of New South Wales and stem cell biologist Bretton Salisbury of Duke ...
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In this dialogue, Dr. Rebecca Franklin is having a conversation with medical anthropologist Ann Cummings of the University of New South Wales and stem cell biologist Bretton Salisbury of Duke University about the role of hype in science that is created by social media. The issues they discuss include the media's enormous leap from stem cells to organ transplants; whether scientists contribute to the process of gross extrapolation from discovery to cures; the excitement and the hype around human gene therapy; the role of public relations in science; the exaggerated and premature claims about stem cells and stem cell tourism; the excitement over angiogenesis; and the pros and cons of hype in science.Less
In this dialogue, Dr. Rebecca Franklin is having a conversation with medical anthropologist Ann Cummings of the University of New South Wales and stem cell biologist Bretton Salisbury of Duke University about the role of hype in science that is created by social media. The issues they discuss include the media's enormous leap from stem cells to organ transplants; whether scientists contribute to the process of gross extrapolation from discovery to cures; the excitement and the hype around human gene therapy; the role of public relations in science; the exaggerated and premature claims about stem cells and stem cell tourism; the excitement over angiogenesis; and the pros and cons of hype in science.
