Suddenly‚ stem cells are everywhere. Once relegated to the depths of esoteric health journals‚ the microscopic clusters have made their way to the nation�s front pages. The complexity and drama surrounding these relatively simple cells has increased due a ticking clock: By the end of the month‚ President Bush is scheduled to decide whether to continue federal funding for stem cell research. The question of using stem cells for research is intrinsically scientific‚ and yet has become the political
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Stem Cell Research: Should we continue to allow scientists to create new embryonic stem cell lines? Good morning everyone. The topic of Stem Cell Research has been argued over by politicians‚ scientists and people all over the world for over a decade. Scientists should not be allowed to continue to create new embryonic stem cell lines. One of the ways to obtain stem cells for scientific research is to destroy a blastocyst (laboratory-fertilized human egg). Destroying the blastocyst is the equivalent
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Stem Cell Controversy Stem cells were first isolated and cultured in November of 1998 and have been surrounded with much debate and controversy since day one. “Although the ethical debates have been mostly static and have closely mimicked the ethical debates over abortion‚ the political determinations concerning federal funding of stem cell research have gone through numerous evolutions in the years since the first hESCs were isolated and cultured” (Saltzberg 505). Research is currently being
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Embryonic Stem Cell Research: More Beneficial Than Detrimental Kurl E. Jamora ENGLRES-N02 Term 3 AY 2011-12 De La Salle University-Manila Thesis Statement: This paper aims to show that the advancements that embryonic stem cell research can deliver outweigh its drawbacks. Outline: 1.0 Potentials of stem cell research 2.0 Nature of stem cell research 3.1 Embryonic stem cells 3.2.1 Derivation of embryonic stem cells 3.2.2 Characteristics of embryonic stem cells
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After reading the “‘Bubble baby’ stem cell” paper I have come to the conclusion that stem cell research is an excellent thing. The reason why I think that is if we never do research and create a cure for “Bubble baby disease” then we will continue to lose babies. But‚ if we risk a few lives of babies for research in the long run it will save millions if not billions of lives. In this essay I will give three reasons on why I think stem cell research is a great thing. “Bubble baby disease.” In my
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Stem Cell Research Term Paper Stem Cells are undifferentiated cells. This means that they can divide and multiply before given a specialized job in the body such as bone cells or skin cells. There are embryonic stem cells‚ which come from developing embryos‚ somatic stem cells‚ which come from adults‚ and umbilical stem cells‚ which come from the umbilical blood. (Stem Cell Basics‚ 2) Although each of these stem cells can all be used to treat a variety of different diseases‚ embryonic stem
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The embryonic stem cells‚ which are pluripotent cells that are derived from the inner cell mass of the pre-implantation embryo at the blastocyst stage. They are considered as an important finding as they have the potential of self-renewal and differentiate indefinitely into the three germ layers‚ the endoderm‚ mesoderm and the ectoderm. The human embryonic stem cells were considered to be useful in clinical applications‚ as they have the potential to be used in cell therapies on diseases like Parkinson’s
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Stem cell research represents a new opportunity for ethical thought and debate. Stem cells are primitive cells which have yet to specialize. Through proper coaxing‚ stem cells can be made to differentiate into usable body cells and eventually used for medical treatment. Though stem cell technology has been in development since the 1960’s‚ it was not until August of 2001‚ when then-president George W. Bush announced that federal funds could be allotted to embryonic stem cell research‚ that the
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Stem cell research could be a scientific miracle‚ or it could be an unethical disaster. This debate between medical science and ethical judgment has been going on for years‚ and has recently become a major topic. Not too long ago‚ the stem cell research funding was cut off by President Bush. He explained his actions by stating‚ "If this bill would have become law‚ American taxpayers would‚ for the first time in our history‚ be compelled to fund the deliberate destruction of human embryos. And I’m
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Ethics and Philosophies of Stem Cell Research Nader Zeidan Malek Fatte Mohamad Said Fouad Saba Marc Deeb Joy Chamoun Ethics of Human Stem Cell Research Gene H. Outka Varying Views of Fetuses and Embryos • From the Left •From the Middle • From the Right Preferred Philosophy • Kantian – Murder vs Killing – Choosing Life – Burden of Evil – “Nothing is Lost” Principle The Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Howard J. Curzer Conservative Ethics of Embryos • Embryos
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