Stem Cell research could be the cure to all diseases. There is a lot of controversy over this topic, although, I see no problem with the research being done; if a child is to be aborted anyway, I don’t see a problem with using their placenta for the stem cell research. This research could cure cancer one day. Stem cells have potential to develop into many different cell types in the body during early life and growth (“Introduction: What are Stem Cells”, and why are they important, nih.gov). The article states that when a stem cell divides, each cell has the potential to remain a stem cell or become a muscle cell, red blood cell, nerve cells, brain cell, or any other cell found in the body (“Introduction: What are Stem Cells, and why are they …show more content…
With certain experimental conditions, stem cells can become a specific type of tissue or organ, so a person with a chronic or life-threatening disease has the possibility of being cured
(“Introduction: What are Stem Cells, and why are they important”, nih.gov). This research that scientists are doing is groundbreaking. Scientists already have extraordinary evidence that stem cell research is conclusive in some areas.
Stem Cells are capable of dividing and renewing themselves for long periods of time; they are unspecialized and can give rise to different specialized cells (“What are the unique properties of all stem cells?”, nih.gov). Why can embryonic stem cells proliferate for a year or more in the laboratory without differentiating, but most adult stem cells cannot (“What are the
Lasiter 2 unique properties of all stem cells?”, nih.gov)? What are the factors in living organisms that normally regulate stem cell proliferation and self-renewal (“What are the unique properties of all stem cells?”, nih.gov)? These are a few of the questions scientist have come up with, and discovering the answer to these questions could help scientists better understand how cell proliferation is regulated during embryonic development or during the abnormal cell