Are you supportive of, or opposed to, an expansion of stem cell research? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
Recent studies suggest that stem cells may hold the secret to treatment, or even cures, for some of our most baffling diseases and injuries, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, cancer, diabetes, spinal cord injuries, and other diseases. Stem cells have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body. In addition, in many tissues they serve as a sort of internal repair system, dividing essentially without limit to replenish other cells. There are currently three types of stem cells: embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem cells.
Embryonic stem cells are controversial. They come from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst, the term for a fertilized egg 4 days after conception. (Pro-life advocates argue that using the cells for research or treating diseases is the equivalent of taking a life.)
Human stem cells can be used to test the effectiveness, and side effects, of new drugs. Human stem cells can be useful in helping scientists better understand the complex events that occur during human development-for example, to identify how undifferentiated stem cells become the differentiated cells that form tissues and organs. Also, the most important potential application of human cells is the generation of cells and tissues that could be used for cell-based therapies to treat a multitude of diseases and medical conditions (including Alzheimer's disease, cancer, spinal cord injuries, burns, heart disease, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis).
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