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    Embryonic Stem Cells or No? Did you know that since 1981, researchers have been removing embryonic stem cells from thousands of embryos to create cells that could potentially save people from diseases? How many patients do you think this has helped since then? Hundreds? Thousands? Wrong. In fact, not one “cure” has been found to help people with Parkinson’s, cancer, heart disease and so many more rare diseases that it is said to be able to help. Embryonic stem cell research has been an issue in

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    Embryonic Stem Cells

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    Stem cells are cells with the potential to become any type of cell in the body. There are two different types of stem cells: adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells. Adult stem cells are very valuable and are used mainly to treat blood diseases, but sometimes adult stem cells from the brain are used to treat neurological diseases. Adult stem cells can also be difficult to recognize in the adult body. Embryonic stem cells are more flexible than adult stem cells and can be used for a bigger variety

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    into spinal cord injuries. One of the topics he pushed for was embryonic stem cell research. Christopher Reeve died on October 10th, 2004, never fulfilling his goal to walk again. But if he had gotten the support and funding for stem cell research, his story might have ended differently. Embryonic stem cell research should be funded in the U.S because it could lead to the treatment to many diseases, there are other sources of stem cells, but they are limited to their use, and the eight-celled blastocysts

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    Stem cells are cells within the body that have the ability to grow and reproduce repeatedly into any type of mature cell. They are unspecialized cells that divide through mitosis to produce more stem cells that replace cells in the system in which they are found. Stems cells make it possible for the body to renew and repair its damaged tissues. They are also vital in the development of human life. Stem cells are high potential cells, and this makes them a top focus in the biomedical research world

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    Most cells have a specific type of function, bone cells give strength and support, adipose cells store fat. However, stem cells don’t have a specific type of function, this is one of the things that makes them so versatile. They have the ability to form into many different types of cells since they are unspecialized. Since stem cells are unspecialized they work differently than other cells. Like for example if a stem cell is placed near a cartilage cell it won’t be able to do the same function as

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    are millions of people in the world right now that have serious diseases. Stem cells can develop cures for these serious diseases. Funding stem cell research can allow to transplant organs and tissues in the body. Also, funding of stem cells can understand how body tissues and diseases form in our body. Finally, stem cell research can come up with a cure for diseases, like cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. In Summary, stem cells for scientific research is ethical because it can allow to transport organs

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    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. However, the acquisition of human embryonic stem cells from an embryo can cause the destruction of the embryo, thus raising ethical concerns. In 2006, researchers introduced an alternative to harvesting embryonic stem cells called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells

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    species. Embryonic Stem Cell Research is one of the ways we have come up with to advance our species into the future. However, the perpetrators and supporters have been under fire and controversy since its inception in 1979. The protesters are fighting it mainly because it is destroying unborn fetuses in the process.Personally, I have a special and specific connection to embryonic stem cell research. As a Type 1 Diabetic, I know that the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation uses embryonic stem cell

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    Embryonic Stem Cell Controversy

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    controversy over stem cell research’s use in the medical field is almost two decades old. So why the sudden intense return of fierce political debates over an old issue? It’s because President Obama recently revoked the ban on stem cell research, as he believes it holds the potential to revolutionize the medical industry in the years to come. As USA Today quoted him saying in March, after he stopped restricting federal funding for stem cell research, "At this moment, the full promise of stem cell research

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    Embryonic stem cell (ESC) research has caused great amounts of controversy for at least fifty years. This debate tears at the roots of our nation’s morals and ethics. Lawmakers must ask themselves if the unethical research on embryos is worth never finding a cure for diseases that have killed millions of people. While Congress has made many decisions regarding this topic, it seemed to be impossible to please both sides of the controversy; however, with recent decisions and new research, common ground

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