Ethics Behind Stem Cell Research. Is Stem Cell Research ethical? Yes‚ it is. An embryo which is four or five days old‚ from which stem cells are derived‚ is not a human being yet‚ because it’s brain is nonfunctional and it’s heart is not beating. So destroying it would not be murder‚ it’s just a beginning of a long process of obtaining stem cells from it. Ronald Reagan‚ The Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine‚ Christopher Reeve‚ Michael J. Fox and various writers
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The ethical and political controversy is centered on extracting the stem cells from the embryo. The only way to obtain the cells is by destroying the embryo‚ placing the moral status of an embryo into question. This research plays with two important principles: “the duty to prevent or alleviate suffering‚ and the duty to respect the value of human life” (Hug 108). Embryonic stem cell research poses an unruly question that places one in a position where one principle is of higher
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Stem cell research is often at the forefront of heated ethical debates due to its assessment of human life. If stem cell research cannot be ethically defended‚ then it should not be conducted. “You cannot defend a study ethically unless the presumed cost is lower than expected benefits. The cost-benefit analysis of scientific research needs to include human/animal discomfort/risks‚ environmental issues‚ material costs‚ etc” which is necessary to support the positive outcome which the research claims
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life via new research. One of the recent biomedical research is “Human Stem Cell” from which all 210 different kinds of tissue in the human body originate(the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity‚ 94). Additionally‚ UNESCO states that separating some inner cell mass from the embryo at the blastocyst stage‚ they can be cultured to produce pluripotent stem cells‚ capable of developing into blood ‚ muscle‚ or many other kinds of tissues and organs of the body (13). Thus‚ at first “Stem Cell” may sound
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Embryonic stem cells are stem cells that come from inner mass cells of a human embryo that are undifferentiated. They are a new and innovative way to help people of society‚ and with all innovative ideas comes controversy. Some people believe that embryonic stem cells should not be researched or toyed with‚ while others are all for it. Embryonic stem cell research is a positive thing that can enhance the world in several ways. It can boost the economy‚ save the lives of many people‚ and not offend
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Biology 103 Stem cells are known as the foundation of our bodies‚ and without them we would be unable to repair various organs or tissues whenever they may become damaged. Stem cells are very extraordinary cells because after division and a new cell is created‚ they are able to either remain a stem cell or turn into an even more specialized cell such as a muscle cell‚ red blood cell‚ or brain cell. Until recently‚ there were only two major types of stem cells‚ known as embryonic stem cells and adult
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Stem cell research is a new technique developed to extract stem cells from human embryos and aborted fetuses. Stem cells are cells from a human organism which are capable of becoming many different kinds of human tissue in the body. Stem cells‚ specifically‚ are cells that have not been fully differentiated as particular cells and can potentially become any tissue in the human body. The major purposes or goals of doing stem cell research are to gain scientific knowledge about embryonic development
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pros and cons of stem cell research? Stem cell research has great potential to eliminate or treat many diseases that are chronic and do not have many treatment options. Using stem cell research can give people suffering from these new diseases a new chance at life. Diseases like Alzeimer’s‚ Parkinson’s‚ and even spinal cord injuries can benefit from this type of research as it improves the severity of the symptoms. This type of research can also help with transplants as these cells are reprogrammed
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words investing and allowing research to be developed for embryonic stem cell is exactly what is being portrayed. Embryonic stem cells are derived from a egg that has been fertilized by your egg and sperm as the donors and taken into vitro for study or whatever else may go on in a laboratory for stem cell research. Embryonic stem cells are life and it would be taking a life away to proceed in the research that I do not support. I do not support embryonic stem cell research and the study shouldn’t be
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are being experimented on everyday and are unaware of it. Some view the lives of these children as nothing or only good for testing on. These children are called embryos and they are being killed everyday. This experiment or research is used for embryonic stem cell research. It is morally wrong and should not be continued. Embryos grow into fetus which then grows into a baby. Life begins when an embryo is fertilized. If human life begins at fertilization then disassembling embryos is killing human
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