Stem Cells
The human body comprises over 200 different cell types that are organized into tissues and organs to provide all the functions required for viability and reproduction. One of these cells in the human body are called stem cells. Now one might ask, "what are stem cells?" Stem cells are multicellular organisms (undifferentiated) which are capable of changing into and arising other cells. More specifically, as news medical describes it as; “Stem cells are mother cells that have the potential to become any type of cell in the body.” (http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-are-Stem-Cells.aspx) Through early life, and growth stem cells are transformed and changed into many different cell types. This is because they serve as an internal
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There have been several ethic concerns and problems that follow this topic. Professional consent is needed to be written down and signed by all participants who are involved in any stem cell transplant. As mentioned, embryonic stem cells are a major part in treating many stem cell related procedurs, and because of that, a lot of research has made the extracting of embryonic stem cells mandatory. However, in order to extract embryonic stem cells, the fertilized egg cell, which at this stage of growth is called blastocyst, has to be destroyed after 5-7 days of life. This is by many considered to be murder of a young living organism, which will later become a fetus. Religion also plays a big part in this controversial topic, because many believe that a blastocyst is still considered to be a human, since life begins at conception. Of course the other side of the coins states that this would not be considered to be living because it didn’t get to experience anything that makes us, living. Such as emotions, pain, memory and so on. This topic will continue to be a very controversial one, but people will need to see if the pros out weight the cons, since stem cell therapy is still one of the most effective ways to treat incurable