Stem Cell Research - The Debate INTRODUCTION: Contemporary medical research and technologies have presented humankind with complex ethical questions and moral realities never conceived. ... Various organizations of government, faith, and of the medical and bioethics establishments are challenged to embrace an unprecedented life-altering technology that will potentially heal and alleviate all human forms of pain and suffering. This technology is stem-cell research. ... The questions of whether stem cell research is legally permissible, scientifically promising and ethically proper...

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The chief executive of advanced Cell Technology, Michael West announced that his company in Massachusetts had cloned the first human embryo, which started the opponents of stem cell research to move on the anti-cloning laws. ... Senators Fienstein, Kennedy, and Hatch introduced a new bill to the Senate requiring all cloners of embryos to have their research approved by the scientific and ethical advisory board. ...

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He was always very interested in scientific developments, and must have known of the potential of stem cells. ... Nevertheless, the benefits of stem cell research outweigh the alleged immorality of the process; stem cell technology has mended bodies and will save innumerable lives. ... In comparison with the age of the other stem cell technologies, embryonic stem cell technology is very young; these cells were not derived until November of 1998 (NIH). ... If stem cell technology is further developed, we could have the ability to regenerate entire organs by introducing differentiated stem ce...

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Although this new medical technology provides us the opportunity to do some amazing things and save countless numbers of people whom never before could be saved. ... The majority or people think that to kill a human for purely scientific purposes is wrong. However, we have no problem killing a mouse, sharing on average 85% of our DNA, or an ape, sharing 95-98% of our DNA for scientific purposes. ... Although with something of this magnitude, the concerns of the poor versus the rich is not really enough reason to stand in the way of such scientific progress. ...

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