Adult vs. Embryotic Stem Cells
Adult vs. Embryotic Stem Cells
One of the most
public medical issues facing this country is the use of stem cells for
research
and disease prevention and cure. When
most Americans hear stem cells, they believe that stem cells only occur
in
embryos. The debate then rages concerning
the use of embryos; is it wrong to end what some consider life, is it
right
to create embryos just to test and harvest stem cells, is harvesting
stem cells
from embryos really abortion? What many
people do not know is that there are two types of stem cells: adult and
embryonic. Should adult stem cells be used
instead of embryonic ones? This is both a scientific and a
political question. Focus your paper on this question, not on whether it is moral to use
embryonic stem cells.
General/News:
The Washington Post, 19 Aug 2004
The
Center for Bioethics and Human Diversity
The American Physiological Society
The International Society for Stem Cell Research
Please beware as some of these links may contain rhetoric
and information provided in a way to encourage you to take a side. Please consider all the information that is
available and also do your own research.
These links should only serve to guide you, you will have to
make your
own decisions and assumptions from the information available.