Aaron+Chan


 * RegenereX, Inc.**

About Us
Created in 2008, RegenereX, Inc. is located primarily in the Albany area, of New York. We also have facilities located all over the country. We are devoted to helping victims who are the targets of brutal diseases that cause loss of function. This could be a spinal or brain disease, or even burns and scrapes. Through the use of therapeutic cell cloning, we have figured out how to essentially restore whole organs, skin tissues, and other parts of the body to people who have lost them.

** Who am I? ** My name is Aaron Chan. I’m currently age 34, and have been interested in biology from a very young age. I was fascinated with my biology class in 7th grade, and continued to be throughout high school. Sure enough, I got accepted into Stanford with a GPA of 4.1. After years of hard work, I began to gravitate toward stem cell research science. As I slowly learned more about the healing that it could be used for, I began to like it more and more. I’ve seen the terrible burns people have gotten, diseases that have spawned from organ malfunction, and other horrible afflictions that have befallen many. One of my two brother’s had a bad second degree burn in his early years, and still shows the scars. Now, I’ve decided that I should do something about it. With this stem cell technology, I believe that this company and I can make a difference to victims of diseases and accidents, all over the world.

** History of Therapeutic Cloning: ** In 1993, the first human embryos had been cloned successfully. The original purpose for these embryos was to give infertile couples a chance to conceive artificially. There was some controversy with this, with some arguments pointing to the process as being a great, helpful technology and some pointing to it as playing God with life. ==== In November 2001, scientists from a company called Advanced Cell Technologies (ACT) in Massachusetts announced that they had successfully cloned the first human embryos that were able to be used for the purpose of advancing therapeutic research. However, their results were limited at best. Eight eggs were used, but only three began dividing, and only one was able to divide into six cells before halting. ==== ==== In 2002, George Daley at the Children’s Hospital in Boston along with some colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were able to successfully cure a mouse with bone marrow failure by providing it with a perfectly matched bone marrow graft, using therapeutic cell cloning. ====

In 2004, the Harvard Stem Cell Institute was created, and coordinated the teaching, training and research of 100 scientists across 14 different Harvard schools and affiliated hospitals.
==== In 2008, TheGuardian published a paper that revealed that scientists may be close to treating Parkinson’s disease with stem cells. Essentially, scientists extracted stem cells from an embryo in the laboratory, that had been injected with skin cells from the mice. This would ensure that the mouse and the donor cells would be identical, and there would be no rejection. Scientists were able to extract stem cells which developed into dopamine neurons, the type that are missing in Parkinson’s disease, and the mice were cured. ==== ==== Last year, in 2011, scientists began to piece together stem cell research and the three dimensional printer, utilizing their technology to biologically print new organs. These organs were pieced together from layers and layers of stem cells, with their placement dictated by computer aided design. ====

**So What is Therapeutic Cell Cloning Anyway?**
==== Therapeutic cloning is the production of human embryos for research. The end goal of this process is not to clone a human entirely, but to harvest stem cells that could be used to cure diseases and help others. Stem cells are invaluable due to their ability to become any type of special cell in the human body. ==== ==== First, eggs have to be collected from women’s ovaries. These eggs would have to have their genetic material removed with a needle that’s less than 2/10000th of an inch wide. Following this, a skin cell would be placed inside the enucleated egg to serve as a new nucleus. To allow the egg to begin dividing, it must be stimulated with a chemical called ionomycin. ==== ==== Essentially, the stem cells are extracted from an egg, after it has divided for about 5 days. At this stage, the egg is called a blastocyst. These stem cells, after being removed from the egg, destroy the embryo, which give way to ethical concerns, but these same stem cells can then be used to potentially do great things, like treat heart disease, Alzheimer's, cancer and others. ==== The main reason that therapeutic cell cloning is so effective for treating burn victims, or brain disease is that there is, in theory, no chance of the recipients body rejecting the incoming cells. This is because the patient's skin cell provides a nucleus to the egg cell, and is therefore recognized by the patient's body.



** Current uses of Therapeutic Cell Cloning: **

 * ==== Replacing tissue that's been lost ====
 * ==== Creating new human organs for transplant ====
 * ==== Create various types of tissues to be used in cell-replacement. ====
 * Fix alterations of genes that resulted in loss of the production of a particular protein (lactose intolerance, etc.)
 * Combining with gene therapy to restore missing alleles in order to prevent inherited disorders such as severe combined immunodeficiency.


 * Perfect the three dimensional printer technology to use stem cells to build organs, tissues, etc.
 * Artificially reconstruct entire appendages, such as arms and legs to provide replacements for crippled people
 * Creating organs for research instead of conducting tests on actual living patients.
 * Mass production of various plant matter, or animal tissue to be used as food.

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==== Randerson, James. “Therapeutic cloning offers hope of treatment for Parkinson’s.” Guardian.co.uk. 23 March 2008. Web. 20 Janurary 2012.  ==== ==== "The Hot Debate About Cloning Human Embryo." Nytimes.com. 26 October 1993. Web. 20 Janurary 2011. < []>====