Persuasive Essay: The Stem Cell Research Debate

Stem Cell Research Stem cell research has always been a controversial subject and will always be debated. The idea of taking a stem cell out of a baby that has not been born yet, and put in somebody else to save their life seems morally wrong to some people. Other people us playing god and altering his work to perfect our selves. But there are people that look at it and say is it both a miracle of science and see the future brighter than they did because of it. Stem cell research was started in 1998 by researchers at the University of Wisconsin. There are two major types of stem cell research, embryonic and adult stem cells. Embryonic stem cells are taken when the child is four to five days old and consist of about a hundred and fifty cells.
Embryonic cells are extracted from a fetus about five days old. Many people do not believe that you should kill an innocent person that is just used to get a few cells. Other people would not be able to look at their selves if they did. Other people say that we are playing God. By taking out the diseases we are changing how and why we live. How they see how it will change the way we live in a negative way is that we can be reckless and get a new liver or heart when we completely destroy the ones we are born with. How long are we going to be able to live if we do take the stem cell research to far. If we are able to replace every part of our body with another one, will it be considered the same person before any part has been changed. Then, if we do start to go deeper into this, will cloning be an option in the future. With clones walking the earth, they will have the same DNA and fingerprints making crime easier because everyone always looks for a way out and why not blame the clone and walk the streets looking for another person to kill. However, it is a dangerous and unpredictable process, with a success rate very much less. There are worries that when we use stem cells to fight cancer, the cells can turn into cancer forming cells and and explode faster making any options of treating it impossible. The cells “look around” to see what needs to be repaired, and if put in the middle of cancer, it will
How I see this controversial subject is mortally right if the donor and reviver knows about what is going to happen, accept the risk, and is ok with it. If everyone accepts everything and sees nothing wrong in their perspective, then it is right to do. If they do not, then they still could go with an alternate route if one is available. Another way I see stem cell research is with all of the deceases and problems in the world, why not try to solve a few and make a few lives less painful. Stem cell research has already proven its self with type 1 diabetes, why not continue and solve more. Compared to many things in the science field, stem cell research is still brand new and has the room to grow even bigger if allowed. This may solve some of the deep medical mysteries and rather solve or prevent. There is no real way to find out what we will solve with