Do you know someone with a disease like Alzheimer’s or diabetes? These people are in pain and having to struggle everyday knowing that, at this moment, there is not a cure for their illness. Doctors and scientists have been trying to fight these stubborn illnesses for decades, and were successful in finding a lead in 1998; which led to the development of embryonic stem cell research. The use of these stem cells, which are cells that can conform to any use or function that they need to, have been leading the way to help make great advances in medicine. Embryonic stem cell research should be viewed as a positive treatment option for patients.
To begin with, one reason why embryonic stem cell research should be viewed as a positive treatment option is because it can aid in curing diseases that have no cures. Diseases such as Parkinson’s disease are far too common nowadays. For example, up to one million people in the United States alone suffer from Parkinson’s disease, and the number is expected to increase, with sixty thousand new cases reported every year, according to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation (pdf.org). With the help and the …show more content…
As of December 2015, health insurance has an approximate cost of seventeen thousand dollars a year for an average American household, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures (ncls.org). For some families with a sick family member who is in the hospital, the stress of paying for quality health insurance, plus all of the medical bills, can be too much of a financial strain. Embryonic stem cell researchers have said that this method of treatment will be the best for care, as well as the best for your checkbook. If embryonic stem cell research can provide great care, and have a reasonable cost, that would make it the best choice for a health care
To begin with, one reason why embryonic stem cell research should be viewed as a positive treatment option is because it can aid in curing diseases that have no cures. Diseases such as Parkinson’s disease are far too common nowadays. For example, up to one million people in the United States alone suffer from Parkinson’s disease, and the number is expected to increase, with sixty thousand new cases reported every year, according to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation (pdf.org). With the help and the …show more content…
As of December 2015, health insurance has an approximate cost of seventeen thousand dollars a year for an average American household, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures (ncls.org). For some families with a sick family member who is in the hospital, the stress of paying for quality health insurance, plus all of the medical bills, can be too much of a financial strain. Embryonic stem cell researchers have said that this method of treatment will be the best for care, as well as the best for your checkbook. If embryonic stem cell research can provide great care, and have a reasonable cost, that would make it the best choice for a health care