Why Adult Stem Cells Are Better Than Embryonic Stem Cells

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STEM CELL RESURCH

By: Zacchaeus Nash

Why adult stem cells are better than embryonic stem cells.

In this paper I will try to inform you the reader of the importance and adaptability of Biotechnology’s finest researchers. In the beginning they started with embryonic stem cells which found resistance from the American public, in the way of pro-life advocates. Which, lead the strike that the human embryo should be treated in a respectful manner and not to be used for research. With this challenge in the way the Biotechnologist looked for another way to secure the all necessary stem cells. They would find them in adult patients and in doing so they by pass the controversy.
Let’s start off with the definition of a stem cell. It is a cell that can replicate indefinitely and which can differentiate into other cells; stem cells serve as a continuous source of new cells (from the biotech life science dictionary). Now, if stem cells can form into a cell in the body it is only logical to look for them in the first part of human life: the embryo. Since humans start from one cell which in turn forms into a fully functional human being. With this said the Biotechnologist looked in the most logical place to find them in the embryo, in which they did. As their research became public, the American people began to question the moral issue at hand. It did not take them long to deem it morally and socially wrong. From their stand point the embryo is a life and should be treated with the same respect of all human life. As, the president of the United States would say “We should not, as a society, grow life to destroy it.” He soon would push congress and the house into passing legislation against human cloning and stem cell research. Telling the researchers that the 77 strains of cells would be more than enough to perform the required research. This meant that the Biotechnologist had to look for a less controversial source o...