Different Types Of Embryonic Stem Cells

Though there are three main types of stem cells, it appears that each have their own purposes and advantages in different types of situations. Embryonic stem cells can be used in a wide variety of treatments, and they excel because of their ability to transform into any other type of cell. Because they can change into any type of cell, they can be used to repair specific parts of the body that other stem cells cannot. They are the master key to the body, but if placed in the body undifferentiated, they can form cancer because they are a foreign substance (Flatow, “Is Stem Cell”). Adult stem cells, on the other hand, are not that susceptible to cancer causing mutations, but they have the disadvantage of turning into the type of cell they were taken from. This can be a positive thing, though, because blood stem cells can be used to specifically treat blood cancers like leukemia. Also, …show more content…
Though most people only think of embryonic stem cells, other types of cells are available to treat people, and each type of cell has its advantages and disadvantages over one another. Adult stem cells, for instance, are readily attainable and don’t need to be harvested from embryos, so stopping stem cell research funding altogether is hurting many forms of the research. Adult stem cells don’t hurt anyone and should be left out of the controversy. Even cloned stem cells come from human adults, so it is ludicrous to stop all funding and research because some religious groups think embryonic stem cell research is immoral. Stem cell research needs a continuous source of funding to continue to help people who have been afflicted with incurable diseases. The problem is existent, and the solution is stem cell research: why try and prevent the