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    philosophers think human embryos are like stem cells due to the lack of rational nature, they have the full potential and ability to have a rational nature. If human embryos don't have a rational nature neither do stem cells. If one decides to destroy a human embryo, then its potential is interrupted. Compared to stem cells, human embryos have a probability to become an adult which gives it a chance to reason and make choices for itself in the future. With this argument, human embryos have the…

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    The world is all about controversy, in today 's age it seems as if the world can not function without a little dispute every now and then. Right now the controversy is stem cell research. So what exactly is this debate over? Do people really understand the actual meaning of the term, “stem cell”? This research could change medical history for the good, so why not be for it? You may think this is absurd because of all the ridiculous assumptions you may have heard, but I am here to explain these…

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    x-ray and receiving any man-made radiation can be harmful to the mother and the unborn fetus as well as the technologist performing the examination. Let’s explore and discuss the effects that radiation can have on the pregnant patient, the unborn embryo/fetus, the pregnant technologist, and the protective or precautionary measures that can be taken to reduce as much harm as possible. Radiation can have effects on anyone that receives it but it tends to be more of a concern when it comes to…

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    that the, “embryo merits respect as a form of human life, but not the same level of respect accorded to an individual,” (Kristol and Cohen). This can be translated to mean that the embryo should be respected in its abilities to develop further, but should not be abused. That respect does not extend to treating it as a living person. The question of ethics on this issue brings up many pro-life supporters, which are against abortion. The idea of abortion is applied in the sense that the embryo is…

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    conceptions: should the option of embryo gender selection be available to infertile couples undergoing assisted reproductive technology?”. The work discusses how embryos are screened for their gender and the ethical principles of beneficence and justice surrounding embryo gender selection. Merhi and Pal note a third ethical principle in their work but for the purpose of my topic, I will be focusing on beneficence and justice. Merhi and Pal start by explaining the process of embryo gender…

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    to think of embryo research and how I felt about it I began to feel unsure. I am unsure if I am against embryo research, but I am against destroying an embryo. I do feel doing researching on embryo’s could be beneficial for possible medical advantages, medical treatments for disorders such as down-syndrome and could help teach us to understand why doing embryo research could be a benefit. Though there are benefits to embryo research I am fully against destroying them. Though embryos are not a…

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    Embryos In Human Adults

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    human adult is a procedure that is already taking place in America today. However, altering the genes of embryos is similar to altering adult genes, but involve different steps of eliminating unwanted genes. The main aspect of altering embryos is that there has to be a large amount of them to work with. For example, in order to properly alter the genes of an embryo, scientist created 58 embryos from the sperm of a male with the mutation and combined them a female donor without the mutation’s…

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    The overall purpose of the Stages of Embryonic Development of Zebrafish experiment was to provide in-depth documentation on the different stages that a zebrafish undergoes throughout its growth as an embryo. The main idea of the article is to propose the embryonic development of zebrafish in an efficient and intuitive manner known as stages. In this case Kimmel et al didn’t look to resolve any questions, but sought to improve the current portrayal of the zebrafish embryonic development. In the…

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    diabetes. However, there are also several ethical issues that are looked down upon by various civilian and medical communities. Specifically, the harvest and destroy human embryos in order to obtain the embryonic stem cells needed for research. To opponents of embryonic stem cell research, the harvesting and destruction of human embryos is the equivalent to killing prenatal fetuses which leads to uncertainty on the cost of embryonic stem cell research. There have also been several varying…

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    Abortion Controversy

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    This seems like complete balderdash to me, almost to be noted ignorant. Abortion is wrong to me because it is considered murder, it causes psychological and emotional trauma to the mother, and it teaches people to ignore responsibility. A zygote, embryo, and…

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