The plant is given different hormones to create masses of cells without a purpose in the plant (Brown 2013). Then these cells are taken and used to clone that plant in order make the group of plants more drug resistant. ... Green biotechnology is modifying plant cells in certain food to include nutrients that cannot be received in that part of the world (Peters, 1993). ... Cellulose is the substance that makes up plant cell walls; this is an example of biomass. ... Stem cells are cells without a specific function in any cell that can create more cells without a function (Cooley, 2014). ...

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Researchers determined that beard ear cells die and regenerate because of cell division of a new kind. Currently they are working on identifying cell signals and recovery of hearing and balance function. ... Plants and other asexual organisms have been "cloning" themselves since the beginning of time.... King were the first to clone frogs, by transferring the nucleus of one cell into a different cell. ... He placed the cell in a solutions that allowed the cell to shut down and reprogram itself. ...

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The cloning of plants has been routine for many years in laboratories. ... Although this therapy kills cancer cells, it also kills healthy cells. ... Cell differentiation research will lead to dramatic medical breakthroughs whether it's muscle cells or nerve cells that a patient will need. ... By cloning these nerve and spinal cells, then implanting those cells into a patient's body where repair is needed. ... In the future, with cloning technology, this teenager could regain his ability to function normally. ...

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Perhaps we, the people, should rethink the multitude of ways we use animals for our purposes and endeavor to minimize their pain, discomfort, and ultimate demise in performing such necessary functions as research and agriculture. ... Rhesus monkeys currently being experimented on at Cal are forced to undergo cataract surgery after being subjected to distorted vision incurred by a human-planted opaque contact lens. ... It is argued that there is no viable alternative to animal research; cell and tissue cultures, while valuable in identifying toxicity and the like, do not offer the interaction a...

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