Stem Cells

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What is morally correct when it comes to fetal tissue and human embryo research? In article “Nod to Fetal Tissue Research May Ignite Ethical Firestorm” by Tim Friend printed in the USA TODAY this question is addressed purposed.
Researchers want to use “pre-embryo’s” to have as a source of stem cells. Is This any better, as a posed to the use of regular embryos? “The word pre-embryo is a false term” according to Judie Brown, president of the American Life League in Stafford, Va. She claims “An embryo is and embryo at fertilization, period!” Though, other people in this article do an excellent job at stating the opposing view. It says that a pre-embryo consists of a tiny ball of cells, that lack a nervous system and don’t contain any limps or organs. It would be depending on religious beliefs as to if this should be regarded as human life or not. Judy Brown added to this comment that “What they’re purposing is to take tiny babies, redefine them as scientific material and destroy them for the purpose of research and experimentation.” And it is because of concerns like those of Judy Brown’s that the Roslin Institute in Scotland (which responsible for the cloning of Dolly) was granted twenty million do!
llars in the course of the next six years. It will use the money to try and find alternative methods. The goal is to create a procedure which be called reprogramming. This would be the ability of an egg cell to reprogram the DNA of an adult and react as if it we an embryo. If that attempt to find other methods fails then it would only be patients who wanted to be involved that would participate. “…this would involve that you, the patient, have control over.” It would only be people who wanted to donate embryos to improve their own health.

This article was written so that a variety of audiences can read it and form their own opinions. There is medical terminology us by some of the researchers or...