By Muhammad Khan, TEDxBrentwoodCollegeSchool
Stem cells are extremely new to science, and research (despite being hindered) is advancing at an amazing pace. In 2012 a man named Shinya Yamanaka made the ground breaking discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells – essentially a cell that is reprogrammed into thinking it is a stem cell and behaves exactly as a stem cell would. The technology and possibilities that Shinya Yamanaka unlocked with this discovery is mind boggling, the possibilities are endless especially because it removes the ethical debate of stem cells being potential children.
I am a 17 year old student at Brentwood, this is both my first and last year and I’m looking forward to an amazing one. I’ve always been interested in science, in particular the medical sciences have always fascinated me. Growing up I’d always look for new science news and through all of that I found the amazing science of stem cells. Since then, they have been a huge interest of mine, so much so that I voluntarily did an extended essay on it. Bringing that interest and fascination to people who might not be so interested in science is something that I am really looking forward to with this talk.
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