Embryonic stem cells are preferred rather than using adult stem cells because they have greater developmental potential. The question of the when human life starts to form has been highly controversial and closely linked to debates over abortion in the United States. It is not arguable that embryos have the potential to become human beings; if implanted into a woman’s uterus at the appropriate hormonal phase, an embryo could develop into a fetus, and become a live-born child. Some people, on the other hand, believe that an embryo is a person with the same moral status as a human being. Regarding religious faith and moral conviction, it is believed that “human life begins at conception”, hence an embryo is considered a person. That is to say, an embryo has interests and rights that must be respected by donors. Health practitioners, in the biotechnology field in general and medical laboratory science field particularly, are constantly under fire for ethical issues. Therefore, it poses a great challenge to innovate new solutions to combat the need to destroy an embryo for stem cell research and serves as motivation for scientists to think
Embryonic stem cells are preferred rather than using adult stem cells because they have greater developmental potential. The question of the when human life starts to form has been highly controversial and closely linked to debates over abortion in the United States. It is not arguable that embryos have the potential to become human beings; if implanted into a woman’s uterus at the appropriate hormonal phase, an embryo could develop into a fetus, and become a live-born child. Some people, on the other hand, believe that an embryo is a person with the same moral status as a human being. Regarding religious faith and moral conviction, it is believed that “human life begins at conception”, hence an embryo is considered a person. That is to say, an embryo has interests and rights that must be respected by donors. Health practitioners, in the biotechnology field in general and medical laboratory science field particularly, are constantly under fire for ethical issues. Therefore, it poses a great challenge to innovate new solutions to combat the need to destroy an embryo for stem cell research and serves as motivation for scientists to think