What Is Endangering Embryonic Stem Cells?

In the contentious debate between endangering a fetus to scavenge embryonic stem cells or to capture adult stem cells, most people find themselves at a crossroads to what is proper. But before deeming the morality of this typically taboo subject, there must be some type of understanding as to what stem cells are and how they are used. To begin with stem cells have the exceptional gift of being able to differentiate into numerous types of cells depending on how far along they have matured. There are three different types of stem cells, but only two are prevalent, embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells. Set side by side these cells can be discerned by acknowledging that embryonic stem cells come from fetuses …show more content…
What does set these pair apart is the fact that embryonic stem cells can proliferate for longer periods of time without differentiating, as well as having an exponential number of cells that they can transform into.Although it might seem like rainbows and sunshine embryonic stem cells will still bring colossal consequence that can lead to cancer due to the abnormal rate at which they grow.While adult stem cells commonly spawn the cell types of the tissue in which they reside because of this the stem cells have contrasting adversities. For they have shorter shelf lives and they cannot proliferate as quickly and as long as embryonic cells can.The process of extracting adult stems through bone marrow donation or peripheral blood stem cell donation can bring about a fairly easier method that holds no moral qualms because of the consent given by the patient donating and can be seen as a non-invasive process in which defined by Mayo Clinic there will be a soreness near the spot that you have donated bone marrow and the most serious risk associated with the procedure is the anesthetic process and the same for the blood donation instead the patient will experience slight fatigue for a couple days …show more content…
It has become the single most common cause of the withdrawal or restrictions of previously marketed drugs. Having this available helps pharmaceutical companies detect side effects much earlier and it would be very cost efficient for these companies seeing it shortens the time to develop a drug as well as lowering production price. Observing these results of how embryonic stem cells react to these drugs can also help reveal people with similar genetic backgrounds and how they respond to the drug whether it be well or bad.this could help pharmaceutical companies develop a safe and effective that can be targeted to a specific group of people making a type of personal medication possible. Both possibly reducing the price and risk that medications can bring along with