True or False? Stem cell therapy is an established medical practice.

create a research question for the inquiry, Stem cells may provide cures or effective treatments for many different medical conditions.

Investigate the following claim: Stem cells may provide cures or effective treatments for many different medical conditions. • Develop your research question. To complete this task, you must • Identify the relevant scientific concepts associated with the claim. • Pose a research question addressing an aspect of the claim. • Conduct research to gather scientific evidence that may be used to address the research question and subsequently evaluate the claim. • Analyse the data to identify sufficient and relevant evidence • Identify any trends, patterns or relationships in the evidence. • Analyse the evidence to identify limitations • Interpret the evidence to construct justified scientific arguments. • Interpret the evidence to form a justified conclusion to the research question • Discuss the quality of the evidence. • Evaluate the claim by extrapolating the findings of the research question to the claim. • Suggest improvements and extensions to the investigation. • Communicate findings in an appropriate scientific genre. Checkpoints Teacher Sighting/Signature Week 3 Select claim and develop research question Week 4 Identify sources, conduct research Week 5 Analyse and evaluate evidence. Submit draft Week 6 Submission of final response Authentication Strategies • Class time will be provided for task completion • You are to provide documentation of progress at indicated checkpoints (as above) • One draft will be collected and annotated by the teacher • All sources consulted will need to be acknowledged through in-text referencing and a reference list at the conclusion of the report. Scaffolding The response must be presented using an appropriate scientific genre (i.e. scientific report) and contain the following sections: RATIONALE • Discussion of how the research question was developed from the claim. • What background information was used to help develop the research question. • Define key terms • This section should be concluded with the testable/researchable research question. EVIDENCE • Discuss the quantitative and qualitative data available to support / refute the research question. • Analyse various sources of information • Link research findings directly to the research question. • Identify any relevant trends, patterns and relationships. EVALUATION • Present issues/limitations of the evidence considering the validity and reliability of the secondary sources cited. CONCLUSION • Include justified conclusions supported by evidence and linked to the research question. • Suggest improvements / extensions to the investigation relevant to the claim. REFERENCE LIST • In-text reference will be required throughout the essay RESEARCH QUESTION: "How can stem cell therapy be utilised to develop effective treatments for chronic diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis? write a rationale

True or False? Personalized medicine tailors treatments based on an individual’s geneticmakeup.

What conditions may stem cell treatment help with?

Are induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells really the ‘ethical’ alternative to embryonic stem (ES) cells? Provide a rationale for your answer.