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must undergo mitosis or cell division, in which the parent cells are stem cells.
Stem cells can act differently based on age. The cells of a developing embryo go through the differentiating stage in which each develops into skin, red blood, nerve, bone, muscle, or even skeletal cells. Embryos must undergo cell division many times in order to develop into healthy newborns. In adults, stem cells generally serve as repair cells. This is because adults are already finished growing. Stem cells are the stem of the body.
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The controversy concerning stem cells is all based on ethical and moral reasoning. In order to continue research on an experiment it must be ethically correct. So, in order for embryonic stem cell research to continue its pros have to outnumber its cons. by many unethical and immoral. The cause of most debates is to determine What could possibly whether or not to continue be the problem? Well, this research. embryonic research Why cant the pros outrequires the sacrificing number the cons then? of an embryo, a human Continued on page 3 life. This is considered
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threatening diseases.
The most important advantage in the research of stem cells would be finding a cure for many life threatening diseases. Some of these diseases may be Multi Myeloma Cancer or Parkinson's disease, as well as spi-
nal chord injuries. Another pro of stem cell research is that it can put an end to amputations. It would help create more repairing cells for this to be possible.
Stem cells can help treat birth defects, diabetes, damaged organs, and even strokes. One really convincing pro would be that it would boost our economy majorly and even cause world wide recognition.
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Continued from page 1 Well, there is no price you can put on a human life. That is unethical as well. But what makes this case so hard to judge is
killed. Many people have compared this to murder and abortion. The controversy is all about which cost is higher, but that can not be judged. What makes this decision so hard is that we do not know the outcomes of stem cell research, therefore not being able to actually calculate the cost of it.
How can this research can affect life as we know it in the future?
One of the most aspired results of stem cell research is to figure out a way to eternal life. learning how these cells work, it is easier to find out why they become incapable of continuing their original functions.
solve the problem of not finding eternal enough donors in time for a transplant. life. A very confident possibility is findHow is this possible? Well ing the cure to limb amputations, heart the most common cause of disease, neurological disorders, spinal death is the incapability of the Another way that stem cord injuries, and many more, all body to maintain, repair cells, or cell research can alter the through stem cell transplants. grow. What does this have to do future is that it may lead to But the most surprising impact stem with stem cells? Well, all these the growing of organs in cells can have is the cloning of huare jobs of stem cells. So, by laboratories. This can mans.
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