STEM CELL AND CLONING, Application and ETHICS
INTRODUCTION:
In today’s ever-evolving world of science and technology, we should always ask the question as to how far are we willing to go in terms of stem cell research and cloning. Do people believe in the concept of cloning human cells or will there forever be a line that can never be crossed?
Stem cell research offers great promise for understanding of basic mechanisms of human development and differentiation. It is vital in new treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and Parkinson’s disease. Human stem cell research also raises sharp ethical and political debates. The ethical and and policy issues need to be discussed along with scientific challenges to ensure that …show more content…
Stem cells, either carrying the disease gene or engineered to contain disease genes, offer a viable alternative. Scientists could use stem cells to model disease processes in the laboratory, and better understand what goes wrong.
LIST OF PROS OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH
1. Due to scientists reliably directing the differentiation of the embryonic stem cells into specific cell types, they can be able to use the differentiated cells that result to treat certain diseases that require transplanting cells generated from human embryonic stem cells. These diseases include traumatic spinal cord injury, diabetes, Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy, vision and hearing loss as well as heart disease.
2. Stem cell research can also potentially in the future help to treat medical problems like Birth Defects, Parkinson’s Disease, Replace or Repair Damaged Organs, Alzheimer’s Disease and Spinal Cord Injuries. With the proper treatment of these diseases individuals will get significant social benefits and the society will have economic gains. This is because the diseases impact on the lives of many individuals reducing their economic impact in the …show more content…
The embryonic stem cell research is controversial because the cells are derived from human embryos and for them to be obtained the embryo must be disassembled. The component cells after the disassembling are then grown in culture.
2. It is believed that life begins at conception therefore the stem cells used for research should have a legal treatment and a status of human beings.
3. There is a deliberate misuse of terminology when it comes to defining stem cells. This is because the proponents of embryonic stem cell research use the term pluripotent which is meant to imply that embryonic stem cell cannot make the outer layer of the embryo that is called the trophoblast. However the stem cells that are emptied into the petri dish are able to reform the trophoblast and create an implantable embryo.
4. The embryonic stem cell is related to human cloning because an individual’s cells are duplicated to keep off illnesses and personal diseases, or the effects that occur from serious injury. This is the therapeutic form of cloning and begins using the same procedure as reproductive cloning. The goals of therapeutic cloning are to produce embryonic stem cells whereas the goal of reproductive cloning is to produce a
INTRODUCTION:
In today’s ever-evolving world of science and technology, we should always ask the question as to how far are we willing to go in terms of stem cell research and cloning. Do people believe in the concept of cloning human cells or will there forever be a line that can never be crossed?
Stem cell research offers great promise for understanding of basic mechanisms of human development and differentiation. It is vital in new treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and Parkinson’s disease. Human stem cell research also raises sharp ethical and political debates. The ethical and and policy issues need to be discussed along with scientific challenges to ensure that …show more content…
Stem cells, either carrying the disease gene or engineered to contain disease genes, offer a viable alternative. Scientists could use stem cells to model disease processes in the laboratory, and better understand what goes wrong.
LIST OF PROS OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH
1. Due to scientists reliably directing the differentiation of the embryonic stem cells into specific cell types, they can be able to use the differentiated cells that result to treat certain diseases that require transplanting cells generated from human embryonic stem cells. These diseases include traumatic spinal cord injury, diabetes, Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy, vision and hearing loss as well as heart disease.
2. Stem cell research can also potentially in the future help to treat medical problems like Birth Defects, Parkinson’s Disease, Replace or Repair Damaged Organs, Alzheimer’s Disease and Spinal Cord Injuries. With the proper treatment of these diseases individuals will get significant social benefits and the society will have economic gains. This is because the diseases impact on the lives of many individuals reducing their economic impact in the …show more content…
The embryonic stem cell research is controversial because the cells are derived from human embryos and for them to be obtained the embryo must be disassembled. The component cells after the disassembling are then grown in culture.
2. It is believed that life begins at conception therefore the stem cells used for research should have a legal treatment and a status of human beings.
3. There is a deliberate misuse of terminology when it comes to defining stem cells. This is because the proponents of embryonic stem cell research use the term pluripotent which is meant to imply that embryonic stem cell cannot make the outer layer of the embryo that is called the trophoblast. However the stem cells that are emptied into the petri dish are able to reform the trophoblast and create an implantable embryo.
4. The embryonic stem cell is related to human cloning because an individual’s cells are duplicated to keep off illnesses and personal diseases, or the effects that occur from serious injury. This is the therapeutic form of cloning and begins using the same procedure as reproductive cloning. The goals of therapeutic cloning are to produce embryonic stem cells whereas the goal of reproductive cloning is to produce a