The Pros And Cons Of Embryotic Stem Cell Research

Embryotic stem cell research is a major controversy in the United States today. This paper will provide the definition of what embryotic stem cell research is, how to get embryotic stem cells, and the process in which it undergoes, along with reasons behind the procedure. This paper will also include some positives of embryotic stem cell research such as treatment. The negatives will also be included. These will be what religions believe about embryotic stem cell research and the death of an embryo. Furthermore, embryotic stem cells are undifferentiated stem cells in inner mass cells of a human embryo (Korenman, 2006). A very early embryo is called a blastocyst. A human embryo is made up of two layers of cells. The outer most layer of the blastocyst is called trophectoderm. It forms the placenta and protects the inner mass cells. The innermost layer of the blastocyst is the inner mass cells, which are undifferentiated. Later, the inner mass cells will later turn into differentiated cells that will form different cells on different parts of the baby. Therefore, embryotic stem cells are retrieved in a few ways. First, a female donor donates her eggs, and a male donor donates his sperm. Scientists fertilize the egg using in vitro. After a few days when it reaches about 300 cells, they are frozen under both parents consent for stem cell research. The

The argument for this view believes that there are steps of growing that could increase moral status. In Embryotic Stem Cell Research: An Ethical Dilemma, it ranks the stages as: “1. Implantation of the embryo into the uterus wall around six days after fertilization. 2. Appearance of the primitive streak – the beginnings of the nervous system – at around 14 days. 3. The phase when the baby could survive if born prematurely. 4. Birth” (Hug, 2011). The opposing argument states a person is important no matter