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A 12 page overview of stem cell research and the potentially wonderful applications that research could be applied to in the future. The author emphasizes, however, that stem cell utilization requires the harvest of cells. The primary donors are aborted fetuses. The contention is presented that until that limitation can be overcome, stem cell applications are unethical in that they depend on taking the life of one individual to enhance the life of another. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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opened up a myriad of possibilities in terms of medicine and the quality of life in general. Stem cells have the potential of developing into any type of cell.
They have the potential to either remain a generalized cell or to take on specialized function. Consequently, work with stem cells has the potential to be of tremendous
value to humanity as a whole. Indeed, stem cell research is one of the most promising developments of the last few decades in terms of the hope it provides for
improved health to the worlds population. It is also one of the most controversial areas of research, however. This research has also opened up a number of ethical
questions as well. In most situations the utilization of stem cells requires the harvest of cells from another human being. In most cases this harvest is made possible
by the availability of aborted human fetuses. Stem cell utilization is thus unethical. It is never ethical to take the life of an individual in order to save
the life of another. Understandably, scientific research on human embryos has been in the forefront of public controversy for the past several years.
Research is not limited to such activities as dissection, examination, en vitro fertilization and other activities we have become accustomed to, it has expanded to include the threat of
more incredulous activities such as genetic engineering and cloning, activities which are not only significantly misunderstood but which also have the potential to be used in a less than ethical
manner. Quite understandably, public attention to the controversy surrounding these two aspects of embryonic research has not been equaled in practically any other field of scientific research.
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