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Virgin Blood Bank
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Task 1
Match the words or phrases on the left with the definitions on the right
enable |
A person who starts an organisation |
engage |
Interruption |
founder |
Cell from which other organs can be cloned |
insufficient |
The feeding pipes from mothers to unborn babies |
intervention |
A state of no activity |
maternity |
Likely |
midwife |
A nurse who delivers babies |
Obstetricians |
A doctor who deals with childbirth |
prone |
Not enough |
stasis |
To come into contact with something |
stem cells |
To make able |
umbilical cords |
Motherhood |
Task 2
Use one of the new words in the following sentences
- A computer will……… you to use the internet.
- Call a doctor and a……… the baby is coming!
- Mr. Asquith was the ………. of the supermarket.
- He always falls down, he’s accident……….
- My……… finally solved the argument.
- The use of ……… is an important moral question.
- We need to ……… in discussions to make an agreement.
- Dr. Shelling and Doctor Rees are both……… but they know a little about general medicine.
- Until I can meet the bank manager my money is in……… I can’t buy anything.
- We have……… credit to buy that sofa.
- ……… is a wonderful period in a woman’s life.
- ……… are vital for the development of a foetus.
Task 3
Fill the gaps using words of phrases from Task 1
Virgin blood bank
Sir Richard Branson, the ………. of Virgin company is gearing up to launch a new company which will ………. families to bank and store ………. ………. from their newly-born children's ………. ……….. It is believed that the cells could be put into ………. and used in the future to treat conditions such as cancer or Parkinson's disease. Sir Richard says that they will take a patient's individual cord blood and divide it in two, so that part of it would go into a national blood centre that the NHS can get access to, and the other half will be put aside for the child. He added that this should help particularly high-risk ethnic groups, who are ………. to conditions that can be treated with stem cells, but who may have difficulty finding well-matched cord blood.
In the UK some companies are already offering this service, which a few 1000 couples have used to store stem cells. This does not come cheaply, however, with couples paying around £1,500 for this service where parents can either be provided with collection kits, which are then processed, or a ………. could be sent to collect the blood.
………. and midwives state that there is ………. evidence for the practice to be recommended. Midwives and doctors have been advised not to take part in the collection so that they can focus on the well-being of the mother and child. A survey was carried out in the Royal College of Midwives and the results showed that 133 midwives who were questioned, said that they had been getting requests for the procedure. Sue Jacob from the college said that the majority of ………. units did not have a policy for the collection of cord blood, which puts midwives in a difficult position. She continued "Midwives feel under pressure to ………. in an ………. that is not researched or accepted by the profession."
Task 4
Answer these questions
1. Which conditions could be treated using this method?
2. Which organisation can get access to the cord blood?
3. Which groups are particularly high risk?
4 How many couples have used this service?
5. Roughly how much does it cost?
6. Do the majority of maternity units have a policy of blood collection?
Task 5
Find four verbs in the full infinitive – to + verb
1.
2.
3.
4.
Task 6
Discuss these questions
- Do you agree with stem cell technology? Why or why not?
- Would you use this service to save your child from potential illness?
- Do you give blood?
- Do you think that medicine has progressed as far as it can go?
Answers
Task 1
founder |
A person who starts an organisation |
intervention |
Interruption |
stem cells |
Cell from which other organs can be cloned |
| umbilical cords | The feeding pipes from mothers to unborn babies |
| stasis | A state of no activity |
| prone | Likely |
| midwife | A nurse who delivers babies |
| Obstetricians | A doctor who deals with childbirth |
| insufficient | Not enough |
| engage | To come into contact with something |
| enable | To make able |
| maternity | Motherhood |
Task 2
- enable
- midwife
- founder
- prone
- intervention
- stem cells
- engage
- obstetricians
- stasis
- insufficient
- maternity
- umbilical cords
Task 3
- founder
- enable
- stem cells
- umbilical cords
- stasis
- prone
- midwife
- Obstetricians
- insufficient
- maternity
- engage
- intervention
Task 4
- cancer and Parkinson’s disease
- The NHS (National Health Service)
- Ethnic groups
- A few thousand
- Around £1500
- No
Task 5– possible answers
to bank to treat to store to engage etc.
Please choose an option below:
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