Solving Parkinson's Disease With Stem Cell Therapy
During our project we had to pick an issue that's prevalent in our world and try to solve it with biotechnology. We picked Parkinson's disease for our problem. We picked this because there is currently not a solution to Parkinson's but only a way to subside the symptoms for a short period of time. With this we would be able to cure people of Parkinson's and reduce the fatality rate of Parkinson's. Here are the phases that we followed during the project.
Phase 1: We came up with 6 possible problems we wanted to try and come up with a solution for. We considered clean water, pollution, global warming, etc. We chose Parkinson's disease.
Phase 2: We researched and found there is no true solution for Parkinson's disease so we came up with 3 possible solutions to our problem.
Phase 3: We chose a single solution (stem cell therapy) to focus on and then research more about the logistics of it such as the possibility of it working and the reality of it happening.
Phase 4: We came up with a plan on how to carry it out.
Phase 5/6: Then we created our google slides presentation showing all parts of our solution and what Parkinson's causes.
Phase 7: Present the presentation.
Phase 1: We came up with 6 possible problems we wanted to try and come up with a solution for. We considered clean water, pollution, global warming, etc. We chose Parkinson's disease.
Phase 2: We researched and found there is no true solution for Parkinson's disease so we came up with 3 possible solutions to our problem.
Phase 3: We chose a single solution (stem cell therapy) to focus on and then research more about the logistics of it such as the possibility of it working and the reality of it happening.
Phase 4: We came up with a plan on how to carry it out.
Phase 5/6: Then we created our google slides presentation showing all parts of our solution and what Parkinson's causes.
Phase 7: Present the presentation.
stem cells= a cell that is taken from your body and then modified to help fix a problem, for our problem we used IP stem cells.
parkinson's disease= a disease caused by the lack of dopamine that can cause non motor and motor skills.
dopamine= the chemical in the brain that when lost causes parkinson's disease
clinical trials= a series of tests and trials that you can use to test a solution to a probelm before it's approved
parkinson's disease= a disease caused by the lack of dopamine that can cause non motor and motor skills.
dopamine= the chemical in the brain that when lost causes parkinson's disease
clinical trials= a series of tests and trials that you can use to test a solution to a probelm before it's approved