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Stem Cell Research From the Viewpoint of Dr. Gamal Serour
Anatomy & Physiology
11 September 2013
Anatomy & Physiology
11 September 2013
I am Dr. Gamal Serour, I am of the Muslim ethnicity. I am a Professor at Al-Azhar University and Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology, specializing in infertility treatment. Also the director of the international Islamic Center for Population studies and Research. I believe the study of the stem cell research can be used to help the human race. Instead of leaving stem cells to perish, why not use them for research for the benefit of human beings. In Islamic culture we tend to favor stem cell research because Islamic law believe ensoulment of the embryo only occurs on a certain day of the pregnancy, and that is the point when the baby gains moral status and rights as a legal person. I believe that stem cell research has the potential to promote human healing.
“Some ‘pro-lifers’ or pro-life organizations regard the destruction of the blastocyst, which is a laboratory-fertilized human egg, to be the murder of human life. They believe that life begins at conception.” They also argue that stem cell research is killing potential innocent babies during the study of stem cell research because it is taking the stem cells out of the embryo. The embryonic stem cells come from embryos that are three to five days old which in Islamic law isn’t considered a human being and doesn’t have its moral status or rights. Stem cells don’t always come from the embryo. There are multiple other areas where stem cells can be taken from. Stem cells can be harvested from bone marrow, circulating blood, and umbilical cord blood. The way to get stem cells from the umbilical cord is the blood from the umbilical cord is extracted form a newborn baby and saved in a bank for future use. Stem cells can help “…benefit people with spinal cord injuries, type 1 diabetes, Parkinson 's disease, Alzheimer 's
Anatomy & Physiology
11 September 2013
Anatomy & Physiology
11 September 2013
I am Dr. Gamal Serour, I am of the Muslim ethnicity. I am a Professor at Al-Azhar University and Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology, specializing in infertility treatment. Also the director of the international Islamic Center for Population studies and Research. I believe the study of the stem cell research can be used to help the human race. Instead of leaving stem cells to perish, why not use them for research for the benefit of human beings. In Islamic culture we tend to favor stem cell research because Islamic law believe ensoulment of the embryo only occurs on a certain day of the pregnancy, and that is the point when the baby gains moral status and rights as a legal person. I believe that stem cell research has the potential to promote human healing.
“Some ‘pro-lifers’ or pro-life organizations regard the destruction of the blastocyst, which is a laboratory-fertilized human egg, to be the murder of human life. They believe that life begins at conception.” They also argue that stem cell research is killing potential innocent babies during the study of stem cell research because it is taking the stem cells out of the embryo. The embryonic stem cells come from embryos that are three to five days old which in Islamic law isn’t considered a human being and doesn’t have its moral status or rights. Stem cells don’t always come from the embryo. There are multiple other areas where stem cells can be taken from. Stem cells can be harvested from bone marrow, circulating blood, and umbilical cord blood. The way to get stem cells from the umbilical cord is the blood from the umbilical cord is extracted form a newborn baby and saved in a bank for future use. Stem cells can help “…benefit people with spinal cord injuries, type 1 diabetes, Parkinson 's disease, Alzheimer 's
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