Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Advances in medical technology have given new insight into further development and research of stem cells. The use of stem cells in regenerative medicine can bring great benefit to people with degenerative diseases. In order to take advantage of these advances in stem cell research, we see that the pain of millions of deads worldwide is alleviated or completely cured annually. (McLaren, 2001) Stem cell 1 can differentiate any somatic cells found in adults, including the same cells as themselves.

Discussions on financing for embryonic stem cell research are highly dependent on the ethical state of the study. There are two main arguments surrounding the ethics of embryonic stem cell research: research is ethically important due to the unique possibilities of embryonic stem cells to heal disease which is currently incurable disease. This research is immoral as it requires destruction of life in the form of an embryo or a fetus. After all, research on embryonic stem cells is considered moral as long as the stem cells are acquired in an ethical way, and the state of life that is possibly profitable and controversial is embodied in the embryo .

Support the use of embryonic stem cells for research. It is necessary (and ethically) that the government funds research on embryonic stem cells, which help scientists find therapeutics and treatments for diseases. Embryos are not human beings. Small blastocysts (embryos used for embryonic stem cell research) have no human characteristics. Testing embryonic / embryonic stem cells is not murder. Embryonic stem cells have the potential to treat chronic and degenerative diseases where current drugs are not being effectively treated. Embryonic stem cells have been shown to be effective in treating cardiac disorders in mice

In the field of stem cell research embryos and adult stem cells are often compared. The controversial use of embryonic stem cells is supported on the basis of their many advantages on adult stem cells. Embryonic stem cells are more readily available; they have greater cell proliferation, also known as proliferation, ability; and they are more versatile. Blastocyst stem cells are isolated from the embryo during the blastocyst stage and this process destroys the structure of the embryo to the extent that the embryo can no longer grow. These stem cells are more readily available than adult stem cells because they are obtained when the inner cell mass is concentrated in the embryo and the number of adult stem cells is limited. Another beneficial advantage of embryonic stem cells is their ability to grow and grow indefinitely when cultured under appropriate conditions (Devolder 9)