Fetal tissue research

system on the body during fetal development. Adult stem cells are found in various tissues in the adult body. Adult stem cells are used primarily in medical therapy, for example in bone marrow transplant. With the help of medical science, stem cells can now be grown artificially. They can also be transformed into specialized cells with various characteristics consistent with different muscles and nerves. Stem cells can be used to regenerate damaged tissue. Stem

Running Head: EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH Page 1 Carmelita Coto July 22, 2014 Embryonic Stem Cell Research PHI310 Stevens-Henager College EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH Page 2 Embryonic Stem Cell Research Embryonic stem cell reasearch has a longstanding debate history. The 70's focused on research that involved fetuses in utero. The 80's shifted to research of transplantation of fetal tissue into adults with serious medical conditions

Leaked videos from Planned Parenthood have caused frenzy among Americans and there have been debates on whether or not to continue funding this organization. These videos reveal Planned Parenthood officials discussing selling fetal tissue for profit. While they are proved to be edited videos, many people are still wary about the whole situation. Joining along with this frenzy is Ruth Marcus, whose article, Defunding Planned Parenthood would actually increase abortions, argues why Planned Parenthood

(1) Barker's hypothesis, otherwise known as the thrifty phenotype hypothesis, is the concept that poor nutrition during the fetal stage and post-natal stage of development in a child will cause impaired organ development leading to poor nutritional management or 'nutritional thrift'. (2) Continued and vigorous research elaborates this statement to say that reduced fetal growth leads to chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension and heart disease. (3) Diabetes mellitus is a serious metabolic

There is research that is currently being done on fetal tissues. There is a new biomedical field that is trying to take brain grafts to study them, and hopefully, treat neurodegenerative disorders. With this research that is being done, degenerated tissue is replaced with fetal tissue that is taken at the early stages of development. They believe that extensive animal testing will be necessary if

In the past decade, stem cell research has gained popularity in the biomedical field. Many scientists believe stem cells could be the breakthrough tool that is necessary to change the way we understand medicine. The same scientists feel stem cells, embryonic in particular, open the door for many opportunities to cure diseases that are otherwise known as incurable. However, the benefits of embryonic stem cell research do not outweigh the value of a life that never gets to begin. While there can be

friends life, wouldn’t you want to give them a second chance at living life? In the recent scientific world there has been research done on stem cells. Stem cells are specially grown cells in order to help diseased patients grow better tissue in hopes of their survival and recovery. These cells can be derived though many different procedures. Extracting stem cells from a fetal embryo has proved to be the easiest and most

advancement in medical research have been debated many times over due to the ethics of some practices. Throughout the history of modern medicine, many practices have sparked debate on the nature of the medical practice and whether it is ethical. Many medical practices have directly contradicted the beliefs of Catholics and the Catholic Church. A current topic of debate is the use of embryonic stem cells which are mainly from aborted fetal tissue, which is used for medical research. This improvement in

occurrence following one particular fetal tissue transplant for Parkinson's disease, when such was thought to be a cure, should give us pause. Some of the tissue placed in this man's brain may have been from an earlier gestational age than is customary in American clinical trials - that is, it may have been more embryonic than fetal in nature. Within two years after the transplant this man died mysteriously - and an autopsy revealed that masses of "nonneural tissue" such as skin and hair had filled

Over the years there have been exponential amount of medical advancements. One of these great advancements is stem cell research and one that is not without controversy. There have been many debates over stem cell research from the dinner table to the Senate floor. While many say, stem cell research saves lives, others say, stem cell research takes lives. As a Christian where should we stand? First of all, we must be informed. This paper will discuss what a stem cell is, embryonic stem cells, adult