The Pros And Cons Of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

The moral dilemma of embryonic stem cell research is: either the embryo is a human being or it’s not a human being, a person's belief can help alter their decision on being for or against the research, cloning could be the answer to saving a life, and the potential the embryonic research can have will make a big impact on the world. To say that an embryo is or is not a human depends on the person and the concept they have on when a life is actually started. Many say that it starts at the embryo, where others debate that it starts at the first heartbeat, and some try and look at the scientific view of the research. No matter what people think, all sides have a good argument for and against the topic of when life is actually started and if stem cell research should and should not be used (Eurostemcell). To come to a final decision on the topic of embryonic stem cell research, society has to look at both sides.
A stem cell is cells, in the human body that could be found in an embryo, adults, placenta, and umbilical cords, these have the potential of curing or helping a lot of diseases, learning disabilities, and the spine. But the stem cell that have the most potential in curing all of those, and is one of the biggest controversial topic out of all the ways to take stem cells, would be the embryonic stem cells. The question is should doctor’s be able to take embryo’s stem cells and use them for research? Well, after two decades of trying to take embryonic stem cells also known as ES cells, two scientists finally succeeded, in 1998