Informative Speech On Embryonic Stem Cells

Do the benefits of stem cell research and more specifically embryonic stem cell therapy outweigh the ethical controversies? Answer/Thesis Claim: Stem cell research and therapy is a promising field being held back by ethical issue. Stem cells are a regenerative medicine that can cure numerous diseases such as, cancer, diabetes, leukemia. The main ethical question society presents is, when does life start and what is ethical? The future of medicine and abolishment of diseases is being halted by ethical stigmas, once society accepts this form of regenerative medicine disease control and abolishment will be available.

I would first like to say how sorry I am for you accident. As I understand, you are a candidate for an experimental procedure involving the use of stem cells. The groundbreaking study of stem cells and their medical implications can be intimidating to someone not familiar with the science. I am sure you remember a few basic concepts from your high school biology class primarily that every living thing is made up of cells, including humans. Cells while microscopic, power our bodies in so many ways.

Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are pluripotent and are obtained from the inner mass of a 4-5 day old human blastocyst that consists of approximately 100 cells (“Stem cell research,” 2009).

Incurable and degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and cancer cause death of millions of people annually. Scientists use drugs to treat symptoms, but they don’t have effective therapies for cure these diseases. Embryonic stem cells have treatment potential due to their pluripotent characteristic, which means that they can develop into any cell of the human body. Some people oppose embryonic stem cell research since they think it violates human rights and thus should not be allowed to pursue. However, embryonic stem cell research is ethical since five-day-old embryos lack most of the human characteristics, embryonic stem cells have the potential to cure degenerative diseases, and they are better to other kinds

In the 21st century, disease is rampant and for most diseases, we have no cure because we haven 't researched them long enough to find a specialized cure. One option that we have is human embryonic stem cell (HESC) research. HESC research consists of using human embryonic stem cells, which are very flexible and adaptive to create the necessary cells to develop future cell-based therapies for currently untreatable diseases, such as leukemia, various types of cancer along with the regeneration of organs and tissues. There are multiple applications of stem cell research include being used to study the development of a complex organism, replace damaged cells and treat disease, study disease and they could provide a resource for testing new medical treatments. (What are the potential applications.) HESC research offers the “hope of cures for chronic and debilitating conditions, such as juvenile diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injuries and blindness.” (Vestal.) On the other hand, this research also represents “a revolutionary path to discovering the causes and cures for many more human maladies.” (Vestal.)

While embryonic stem cells can restore and repair tissue, there also can be a risk when inducing them into

iPSCs are adult stem cells that have been genetically reprogrammed to behave like the pluripotent stem cells found in embryos, i.e. can differentiate into any cell type in the human body. This was first completed successfully in mice in 2006 by Shinya Yamanaka and his team (Takahashi et al., 2006), then in humans in 2007 both by Yamanaka (Takahashi et al., 2007), and by James Thomson and his team in America independently (Yu, et al., 2007). Yamanaka and Thomson’s methods were similar. In the report by Yu et

In most science fiction books and movies the future is portrayed to have miraculous medicine that can regenerate almost any wound, and with every advancement in stem cells that future becomes one step closer. The journey of stem cells started back when they were first claimed to be unethical in 1998, the year in which these cells were discovered to be extractible from embryos to today. In today’s day an age scientists and researchers have discovered that stem cells can be extracted from the blastocyst or from any potent area in an adult. From 1998 to today scientists and researchers have also seen that the potential to stem cells grows as they learn more and it is still quite easy to conclude that there is plenty more to learn. With every

I am certainly aware that stem cells have the possibility to provide ill people with hope as they are hopeless and bring health into their life.

Stem cell research, while it may find a cure for a disease, definitely also has a negative side. Stem cell research uses stem cells, which, as we currently know, have an infinite amount of growth. The stem cells come from two different types of cells, embryonic and somatic. The embryonic cells are usually from embryos fertilized through in vitro fertilization. The somatic cells come from adult cells in the bone marrow, hematopoietic and mesenchymal cells, and in the brain, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and neurons.

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One popular type of stem cell research is embryotic stem cell research. Embryotic stem cells are undifferentiated cells that show promise in the treatment of heart disease, cancer, spinal cord injuries, diabetes, and Parkinson’s disease. Undifferentiated cells are cells that have the potential to become any type of cell they want, but once grown with a certain type of cell they will differentiate, or mature into that specific type of cell (Farrell and Carson-Dewitt). Embryotic stem cells can be used to replace different tissues in the body after a serious accident. Experts say, “Stem cells are expected to be the most useful in treating multigenic diseases – those that arise from problems with various genes and are

Stem cells are cells that have the capabilities to develop into many different types of cells in the body. Serving as a type of repair system for the body, they can theoretically divide without limit to take over for other cells for

Since the discovery of human embryonic stem cells, scientists have had high hopes for their use in treating a wider variety of diseases because they are “pluripotent,” which means they are capable of differentiating into one of many cell types in the body.

Some injuries can be healed only one way. A special type of cell can help with almost any problem with the human body. It is my belief that each of you should rethink about stem cells. Stem Cells is a unique type of cell that can change into any type of cell in the body. I've divided my speech into three parts: First, how to get stem cells. Next, the uses of stem cell. Finally, why people should take treatments.