Stem cells

in government. One third of Americans are considered to be evangelical Christians. Evangelical Protestants adhere to a strict moral code and place a strong emphasis on the importance of family values. As a result, they object to gay marriage, stem cell research, and abortion. Evangelicals are firm in their beliefs and form pluralist groups like the National Association of Evangelicals, the Family Research Council, and the Christian Coalition to influence members of Congress to vote in…

These advancements could help and save many people. For example the author of the article Scientists Clone Human Embryos To Make Stem Cells said that “Ever since human embryonic stem cells were discovered, scientists have had high hopes for them because the cells can morph into any kind of cell in the body. That ability means, in theory,…

Cloning is done mostly so as to come up with cells and tissues that are self reconcilable and can be used for medical purposes to prevent diseases and even for transplant of organs. Cloning has raised a lot of issues in terms of ethics from the church and even in medical fields in regards to how safe it is and its potential to being abused. This article looks at the benefits and risks of cloning for spare part human organs and the prevention of predisposed diseases. Research shows that there…

After stem cell shots in their Eyes, three patients in Florida lose vision (2017) 1. Why would the U.S Stem Cell company use fat stem cells instead of undifferentiated stem cells? This is kind of a trick question; Stem cell therapy is still a new field of treatment. With that being, said stem cell therapy is very limited as to what it can treat. 2. In Term of treatment, the stem cell therapy was more detrimental to their eyes, which ultimately caused blindness. However, what lead to…

improved our world, technology has caused equally as much harm as good. A controversial new aspect of technology is stem cell research, which is the process of contracting out stem cells from embryos and growing them in a laboratory for the purpose of curing…

not producing healthy blood cells. She is on the brink of death and doesn’t have much time left. Her body is creating excess white blood cells and limited healthy cell causing sever bruising, fever and high risk of infection. What can be done to save her? One of the newest and most effective way to prolong the life a leukemia patient is too extract adult stem cells from bone marrow to generate new blood cells coded to her DNA (Katz and Walker 1). Without new blood cells she would die. The…

From old influencers to young, and from media influences to real life ones, it was unanimously taught to me of the importance knowledge held over life and how I should strive to achieve it. This remains an infallible belief to this day, and while I still hold it to be true, various arguments could arise against the importance of the acquisition of knowledge. In Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein documents experiences on his obsession to attain further knowledge and…

species of Pyrenean Ibex that went extinct in 1996. Celia, the last living bucardo was crushed by a tree. Immediately, scientists from France and Spain leapt in to collect some cells. These cells were nurtured and grown inside labs. Then, they did somatic cell nuclear transfer. They extracted the nuclei from the Bucardo cells, and implanted them into goat eggs. After implanting the 57 embryos in 41 mother goats, only one mother carried a clone of Celia to term. The scientists preformed a…

costs. This controversy became evident after Henrietta Lacks’ cervical tissues were taken from her body without her consent and then her cells, which became immortal, were used for medical research everywhere and her family did not know about it. These cells have helped the medical field in many ways, including creating a vaccine for the polio virus. Yet these cells were still taken without Henrietta’s consent, and her family suffered greatly as the cost. The public does not have a…

Medical Ethics Charlie Gordon's doctors did not act ethically when they performed the procedure for him to become smarter. Ethics are standards of good and bad, right and wrong. Ethics are similar but not confined to rights, religion, standards and virtues. Charlie Gordon is 37 years old and has a IQ of 68, he has wanted to be smart his whole life. When Charlie's doctors performed the operation they did not act ethically. Charlie's doctors, Dr.Strauss, and Dr.Nemur took an oath to keep there…