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Pros And Cons Of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

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Human Embryonic Stem (HES) Cells is eminently discussed within the scientific community but also discuss upon by the media, ethicist, governments, and politicians. There are various justifications for this, one of them are that these cells are able to reproduce limitlessly and modify to a bunch of different cells if not all the cells of the human body. This particular property can lead to immense research in this field. Which could bring about a better understanding of human cellular biology. This could lead to a possible cure for a wide range of medical problems, from disabilities to diseases.
On the contrary, there has been a substantial amount of controversy on the use of HES cells. This is because HES cells are derived from early human …show more content…

There are three different types of stem cells. The first being totipotent, these types of cells are are found when the egg is first fertilized. Which can create any type of cells found in the human body and even create a fully functional organism. After that comes the Pluripotent cells, which can make every cell in the body but can’t create a functioning organism. The last one is the multipotent cell, which can develop into different cells but are …show more content…

Even though HES cells could provide a substantial amount of health benefits with research. The people who oppose HES cells argue that it is morally wrong to kill a person. The argument stems from the idea that if it is impermissible to kill a person; a human embryo is a person; therefore, it is wrong to destroy a human embryo.
The assertion against killing human embryos is that they are humans. Which leads to the problem of when a human starts to exist. Those who oppose HES cells commonly view humans to exist once a one cell zygote forms during fertilization. However, this should not be regard as an organism because the cells form during that time do not function in a coordinated way to preserve a life until the sixteenth day. Thus, negating the previous concern for the embryos since they are not humans on the fifth day when they are extracted.
The other problem that HES cells are facing is their potential to become an organism. Even though researchers show that stem cells are more like somatic cells that could be cloned than an embryo. Furthermore, the development of these cells in an embryonic disk is to become a part of the patient. Despite their isolation from an embryonic structure, even under an agreeable environment, there is no possible way for these cells to develop a trophoblast or any other structure to further development into an

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