they hope to grow tissues to cure disease
Scientists believe stem cells from human embryos could hold the key to treatments and cures for disease. Basically it is a debate about stem cell research.
Right now most of the stem cells research is funded by government agency i.e, NIH (National Institute of Health). There are strict guild lines that a researcher or a research group must follow to be eligible for the funding. Stem cell research is a big political issue right now and according to some scientists stem cell research is very fragile area but promising area to mankind.
There are several ethical concerns surrounding embryonic stem cell research. Some believe that stem cells are humans with rights, not "things, "because they believe life begins at conception. Others are concerned about what the future results of stem cell research and of cloning (a related endeavor) could mean for the way we value human life--that is, whether it will become more of a commodity.
stem cell are cells that are not specialized to do a job so cell could be taken from stem cells and the doctors could replace a patients abnoraml cell with health cells. also by researching more on stem cells, the doctors may be able to treat diseases such as heart attacks etc
Because with stem cells, scientists can make identical copies of the owner of the stem cell. A bit like twins. It brings back people who some one loves or remains s a memory.
How much does stem cell research cost? $4 trillion per year.
They hope to grow tissues to cure disease
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they found a way to obtain stem cells without destroying an embryo - this removed all ethical concerns that were present for the use of embryonic stem cells
The University of Minnesota has recently been able to reverse the effects of stroke through the use of umbilical cord blood. Scientists are discovering many new ways for cord blood stem cell research to be used.
Alice Park has written: 'The stem cell hope' -- subject(s): Transplantation, Stem Cell Transplantation, Stem cells, Popular Works, Stem Cell Research, Research, Popular works
The Republican Party has a new platform that calls for expanded support for stem cell research. However, many of the old school Republicans are still vehemently opposed to stem cell research.