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Stem Cell Research Pros And Cons

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Acts whether careless or unintended can have consequences that can forever change a life. One such event began on the early morning of June 1, 1995. The man many have grown to love as Superman had fallen victim to an ill-fated accident while horseback riding leaving him paralyzed. Could Stem Cells have returned Christopher Reeves back to Superman? Stem Cells are one of the leading departments studied in the medical field for cures and treatments for a variety of diseases. Stem cells are cells in multicellular organisms that go through cellular division to replenish and then to adapt into specialized cells. These adaptive cells will turn into any cell an organism needs to survive including red blood cells, nerve cells, and even cells in the brain. In Neal Shusterman’s novel “Unwind” kids between thirteen and eighteen can be signed up for unwinding by their parent or legal guardian. Unwinding process undergoes taking ninety-nine point forty-four percent of an individual and placing his …show more content…

This experimentation, however, has caused a controversy in ethical issues. Many people believe that embryonic stem cell research is very unethical for it uses the embryo of a soon to be child for its studies. Many people against abortion feel that this goes hand in hand for it takes the embryo of what was to be a child in the future. Others believe that this embryo research is neccesarry to help prolong the lives of those who are already living. In the novel “Unwind” they used the unwinding process to prolong life with organ donation as they are attempting to do with stem cells. In the book, people had an ethic problem with unwinding because it still takes the kids from their bodies. “Of course, if more people had been organ donors, unwinding never would have happened ... but people like to keep what is theirs, even after they are dead. It didn't take long for ethics to be crushed by greed.”(Shusterman

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I am not a sacrifice on their alters." -Equality 7-2521(Anthem, pg.95) As for Unwind, we follow the protagonist, Connor, in futuristic world where the dystopian characteristics pertain toward the practice of "unwinding". In this society, unwanted teenagers are often signed away by their parents, or guardians, to be disassembled and given to hospitals in parts as human limb replacement, all while still conscious and very aware.. Surprisingly, citizens do not find this immoral or abusive; in fact they go as far as offering their children as tithes.

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In Neal Shusterman's Unwind, unwinding a child is almost thought of as normal. Unwinding a child is taking the body parts off of a unwanted, troubled, or dead teenagers body and transplanting them to somebody that needs the body parts. The individuals that receive the body parts are known as the " unwinds. " People believe that unwinding a child is not murder because the transplanted body parts live on in the unwinds life. Unwinding children first started right after the Heartland War.

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Lykurgos changed the politics the economy and all social aspects in Sparta. Many Philosophers, poets, and historian wrote about the Spartan strategies. Polybius was one of the main. In Polybius's day, he wrote many books about Sparta and their ways. Also how Sparta was one of the strongest and longest lasting communities.

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“The kids who knew them would talk about how terrible it was, and gripe about it for a day or two, and then it became old news.” This quote shows how the kids that were signed up for unwinding lost their

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Over the years, there have been many controversial issues surrounding medical research, but one of the most arguable topics of all time is the use of embryonic stem cells. Some individuals believe that extracting stem cells from unborn babies will be useful to create new medications or, in most cases, help regenerate damaged cells. Although, many people disagree with the process scientists use to obtain these stem cells. By continuing embryonic stem cell research, scientists are denying an unborn child the chance to live, they are not letting nature take its intended course, and they are not adhering to the religious or moral beliefs of many people.

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But there's one twist; you are alive. In most cases unwinding was forced on people. From teen years up to eighteen parents can choose to unwind their children. Some unwind their children if they are troublesome, or they just can't take care of them. Other, less common cases, exist in which some kids, along with their parents, choose to donate themselves.

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The article is titled and written to speak about how fetal stem cells are no longer needed, but in this statement the author talks about a good alternative way to get fetal stem cells. The next statement makes a false statement about how science doesn't justify the use of tissues from abortions or embryos. With these statements, the authors show how they are trying to fight and ethical argument with science. The greater potency alone is a scientific advantage that justifies using fetal tissues and the inclusion of embryonic tissues is a separate matter entirely.

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People who want to protect the lives of infants say we should not practice embryonic stem research on embryos because they believe it is unethical and they care about the lives of children. Since their beliefs and values differ from those of the religious beliefs and philosophical thinkers, they tend to have different reasons, and they tend to cite different evidence in support of their claim. For example, in “embryonic stem cell debate brings politics ethics to bench” Charles Marwick argues a principal claim in stark contrast to the position held by Glick. Whereas Glick said, “embryonic stem cell is ethical,” Marwick replies, “that embryonic stem cell is unethical.” And Marwick further supports his her principal claim with reasons that reflect his values and beliefs.

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In this essay I plan to discuss whether embryonic stem cells should be used in the future to regenerate human organs. I will be discussing the advantages and disadvantages of using embryonic stem cells based upon my research. There are many disputes about using embryonic stem cells due to the way they are created. The ethical implications of using embryonic stem cells go against the belief of people who are “Pro-Life” (the belief that a foetus has no voice so living humans need to protect the foetus from preventable harm such as an abortion) Many people believe that culturing embryonic stem cells is basically an abortion due to the embryo dying after the stem cells have been harvested.

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Is Embryonic Stem Cell Research Okay? Over sixty thousand adult lives are saved every year due to stem cell research. Stem cells have a successful record with over ninety medical conditions and diseases including sickle cell anemia, heart tissue damage and various cancers.

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Regulatory agencies in most countries require testing of consumer products, medicines, and industrial and agricultural chemicals to identify potential health and safety hazards,thereby enabling appropriate hazard classification and labeling, which in turn enables apprised decisions about responsible use, storage, and disposal. All toxicity test methods utilized for regulatory purposes must be predicated on sound science and able to adequately identify hazards. Besides the major concern of ethics, there are few more disadvantages of animal experimentation like requisite of adept manpower, time consuming protocols and high cost. Also the pain, distress and death experienced by the animals during scientific experiments have been a debating issue

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Thomson explains that since most people would agree that it is morally permissible to unplug yourself and continue living your life, they should also agree that it is morally permissible to terminate a fetus that is using your body. This particular analogy, however, is not fully convincing, and brings about an obvious

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Stem cell therapy, also known as bone marrow transplant, is an increasingly common procedure that while causing great controversy, continues to save lives. The idea of using “stem cells to treat or prevent a disease or condition,” began decades ago, when the fear of losing one’s bone marrow to nuclear radiation was a worrisome topic. Scientist discovered that high amounts of radiation would not only destroy the bone marrow but internal organs as well, meanwhile, those who were exposed to lower, controlled levels of radiation would be likely to survive a bone marrow transplant. As expected whenever a new discovery comes into light, scientists became intrigued by the idea and it was in the 1960s that E. Donnall Thomas of New York began to experiment with radiation therapy prior to bone marrow transplant. Even with

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Destroying these embryos in research would not deprive them of a valuable future. It would be unethical, under whatever circumstances to practice wanted embryos for research. Human animal chimera, an experiment was conducted using the genetic material from human convey to an animal. In addition they argue stem cell research paid minor contemplation to the potential of the umbilical cord. The therapy point out that no medication have been yet produced.

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What are the measures for being a human being? Is there any morally relevant break along the biological process of development from the unicellular zygote to birth? In this essay I will discuss why physician should recommend prenatal testing for severe birth defect even if it might encourages abortion therefore I do not agree with the statement above. My argument will based on the following ethical principles and theories: Utilitarianism, Respect for Autonomy and Virtue Firstly I will introduce what each of these ethical theories and principles mean and their implication on this argument. Utilitarianism “Act utilitarianism is solely concerned with achieving the maximum good.

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