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The Pros And Cons Of Stem Cells

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They have an efficient capacity to divide into other stem cells through a process called self-renewal or into precursors for specialized cells. Stem cells are created through two techniques. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) are derived from adult somatic cells such as skin cells. They’re created by a genetically engineered retrovirus that encode for products for humans that convert the somatic cells into stem cells and replicate (Klug, Cummings, Spencer, & Palladino, 2016). The cells derived are considered pluripotent meaning they can turn into cells that are descendants of the three germ layers, endoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm (Medvedev, Shevchenko, & Zakian, 2010). The more natural method for obtaining stem cells are derived from embryos. Five days after in vitro fertilization, a blastocyst is developed enough so that is a ball of stem cells surrounded by a thin layer of cells that are destined to become the placenta for the embryo (Bethesda, 2015). The stem cells are isolated, put into a medium, and can be induced by growth factors and hormones to differentiate and become germ line cells. The cells that are derived from here are considered totipotent, which means that they have the ability to turn into any human cell. Unlike pluripotent cells, which can give rise to most cells as long as they’re derived from the germ layers, totipotent cells have the ability to give rise to an entire organism because of its wide plasticity (Brown University,

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Embryonic stem cells are obtained from human embryos, as their name would suggest. More specifically, they’re taken from preimplantation embryos (or blastocysts) which are embryos that are not connected to the wall of the uterus. In stem cell research, these embryos are typically developed through in vitro fertilization, meaning that the egg and sperm that lead to the formation of the embryo were united in a lab as opposed to inside of a woman (“What Are Embryonic Stem Cells?”). To practice on these cells, the Inner Cell Mass (ICM) or cluster of cells inside a preimplantation embryo is removed and placed into a dish where its cells begin to divide. If these cells survive and divide enough, each single cell is taken out of the dish and placed into one of its own for the process to continue.

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For these reasons, embryonic stem cell research should be discouraged. According to the National Institutes of

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Embryonic stem cell research is an exciting area of regenerative medicine because of the probability of enormous potential for finding treatments and cures for debilitating diseases, disabilities, and cancers. The possibilities to learn and understand human growth from researching stem cells could lead toward a future where human suffering is all but eliminated [1]. The reasons that embryonic stem cells are more favorable than any other source of stem cells is because alternative stem cell lines are shorter-lived and do not have the same level of pluripotency. From a utilitarian perspective, the morally favorable option is to use embryonic stem cells from embryos since they are not equivalent to a fully formed human being, stem cells are taken

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With such practice, which does not create ethical problems, more than sixty types of treatments have been developed for blood, corneal and skin transplants (Kaushansky,2016). In addition to this, clinical experiments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, ALS, and Taya-Sachs's (child's) illness continue to look for treatments (Clemmitt,2006). In this case, clinical trials are underway in which in vitro parental stem cells are transplanted for therapeutic purposes to a damaged brain. Although this is not always the best choice, stem-like brain cells, often of fetal origin, can be acquired in the event of a natural abortion, which also excludes possible ethical dilemmas. In the case of embryonic stem cells, the ethical problem is more

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Embryonic stem cells are the most talked about stem cells. Along with being very beneficial, they possess various other traits as well. For example embryonic stem cells are able to regrow organs in our body. You read that right we can regrow our own organs. Scientists are studying research on this process.

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It is true that there are alternatives. Scientists have derived stem cells from patients’ bone marrow, from their skin, and even made their own lab-grown stem cells. There are issues with these alternatives, however. Gathering stem cells from these methods are either expensive, inefficient, intrusive to the patient, or any combination of the three. To this day, embryos remain the most effective method of obtaining stem cells, in terms of both yield and cost.

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Introduction Embryonic stem cells are a large focus of study, especially in the biomedical and scientific world. These undifferentiated, pluripotent cells are highly controversial and has become a popular topic for debates. The embryonic stem cells are derived from embryos that develop from eggs that have been fertilized in an In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) clinic. While these stem cells have many potential and positive abilities, like regenerating tissues and holding possible cures for diseases, there is a dark side to them. Many problems involving embryonic stem cells have already begun to arise.

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Though technology at some point will likely make this possible, “human cloning is scientifically distant at best” and “the scientific community has universally condemned it” (Acost and Golub 429). Without the support of the possible creators of this technology, there is no way that this would ever come about, and it remains irrelevant to the known information about the benefits stem cell research would have on the world of healing medicine. At the center of the controversy lies politics and the continuous battle between being supportive of the research and respecting the beliefs of American groups. Starting in 1995, legislation took on the topic of stem cell research by creating the Dickey-Wicker Amendment.

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This process provides a safe alternative to embryonic cells, as the stem cells did not produce tumors. Adult stem cells are also being found in more tissues than ever thought (Stem cell Basics). This would allow many different uses of the adult stem cells, as they can only form certain major cell types of a tissue or

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