Essays on Embryonic Stem Cell

Stem cell research and therapy are not new and continue to be a controversial topic. The benefits of stem cells, and what most scientists agree are the potential benefits of stem cells, in curing disease and regenerating tissue are seemingly limitless. In the past bone marrow transplants were the primary method used to obtain stem cells for research into cures for contemporary diseases such as cancer, heart disease, Parkinson’s, Alzheimers, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes as well as spinal cord injuries. However, Embryonic Stem Cell Research (ESCR) is much more controversial. There has been a recent shift to use ...

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The stem cell research has been debated ever since the birth of it. However, the categorization of the stem cell research has been defined in a wrong manner. Moreover, the media is sensationalizing the topic. This has resulted in a wrong notion that all stem cell research is unethical. This is a wrong notion of the research because there are two types of stem cell research. The adult stem cell research is ethical than the embryonic stem cell research. Adult stem cell research refers to the usage of matured cells from mature adult human being without killing the host. On the ...

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Stem Cell Research has been one of the most controversial breakthroughs of science since the late 1990’s. The extraction of the human embryonic cell on that decade has made various responses in the medical field. This has opened many doors for many scientists that are highly interested in regenerative medicine. Additionally, this has also opened new debates about the ethics of the process of harvesting stem cells. There are two types of stem cell research. The first one is known as the embryonic stem cell research. The second one is named as the adult stem cell research (Shapiro, ...

Human embryo stem cell research is an emerging field in medical science which has raised serious ethical issues. It is still a matter of debate whether or not this technique should be employed for the research purpose and what would be the end result of the embryo. Since the research process has advanced a lot, the prime focus at the present time is not to decide whether or not it should be done but to determine ways to maintain the privacy. The government looked into the matter of human stem cell research because those derived from animal sources had potential ...

Section I: Matching (Maximum 20 points)

This section consists of ten (10) matching questions worth two (2) points each. Match the moral theories in the shaded box below with the ten numbered descriptions set forth below the shaded box. Choose the moral theory that corresponds best to each numbered question and write the letter that corresponds to the appropriate moral theory in the space provided below. [Hint: Some questions may have more than one moral theory that is applicable to it. In such a case, simply choose one applicable theory and write its corresponding letter on the space provided. Only one correct response is required ...

Stem cell therapy nowadays has become a great subject for the medical research work.

A prolonged debate has been going on since many years over its applicability and rate of success. - INTRODUCTION It is believed that the embryonic stem cell has the capability to generate any organ in the body, it could be brain, heart, pancreas or any other organ that is diseased or needs to be repaired after significant degeneration, specially the ones which lacks the ability of regenerating on their own. Due to this ability of the embryonic cells they are also called as pluripotent cells. The embryonic cell is the cell which is formed right after conception ...

Introduction Embryonic scientific research offers optimism for innovative therapies, but their research has always been debated. Various countries regulate such research in different ways as the subject still carries a divided opinion. What makes the topic of use of embryos so tricky to resolve, and is it so tough to resolve the issues? The research use of human embryos is currently a high ethical and political agenda in many countries. Despite the possible benefit of the research, their use is contentious because they are derived from early embryos. In this essay, some of the ethical issues surrounding the use of human ...

Healing the Future

INTRODUCTION In a diverse nation like the United States there are many ideologies, philosophies, cultural “norms,” and belief systems, it is not really surprising that people are not always going to agree. There are many legal, political, and social issues that raise ethical questions that the public cannot agree upon how best to approach and address the debated issues. One of the most heatedly debated issues that exist today is the concerns surrounding stem cell research. Stem cell research has the potential to change the field of medicine and how people are healed. However, all of that potential is ...

Embryonic stem cell is a crucial factor in the developmental process of a multicellular organism. Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are derived at early stages during development and eventually give rise to all type of tissues and organs in an animal. The ES cell lines have three properties consisting of self-renewal, primary chimera formation and pluripotency [1]. Pluripotency, a key feature of ESCs, refers to the capacity of a cell to differentiate into several different types of tissues [2]. An array of cellular factors play important role in maintaining pluripotency and determining cell fate in the developmental pathway. Negative effects on these factors may ...

Embryonic stem cells have the tendency to divide for long duration and continue to have their capacity to make all cell types within the organism. Thus they are termed pluripotent stem cells. Embryonic stem cells are obtained from embryos which are particularly obtained from eggs that have been fertilized in vitro. The embryonic stem cells are recognized by two distinctive properties – their pluripotency and their ability to replicate indefinitely. Cell culture is a procedure wherein the embryonic stem cells are grown inside the laboratory. The human embryonic stem cells are first separated by removing the inner cell mass into ...

Stem cells have a major role in the biological processes. Because of the ability of the stem cells to divide, they are important in the development of an organism and repair of damaged tissues. Stem cells have the potential to treat degenerative diseases like diabetes, Parkinson’s and heart disease. The unique characteristics of stem cells include its ability to divide, replicate and renew themselves for long periods. They are unspecialized; thus, they can produce specialized cell types. They can differentiate into other cells. Stem cells have regenerative abilities which make it useful in therapeutic interventions. They can produce ...

INTRODUCTION

The human body consists of tissues and organs that contain over 200 different cell types.1 these cells carry out all the functions required for viability and reproduction. It was argued long ago, that in some tissues, the differentiated cells have a shorter life span and that they are not able to self -renew.2 This led to the notion that such tissues are maintained by cells that have an extensive renewal capacity, and the ability to differentiate and generate daughter cells. These cells were termed as ‘stem cells”.2 Stem cells generate only the differentiated lineages of the tissues they reside in, ...

In the field of medicine, embryonic stem cell research is a major breakthrough which gives new hope for patients with chronic illnesses and a promise for a better life for long-suffering patients. However, the debate continues as to whether embryonic stem cell research is morally acceptable. The debate is centered on two moral principles. One is “the duty to prevent or alleviate suffering” and the other is “the duty to respect the value of human life”. There are several reasons why one does not believe that embryonic stem cell research is ethically acceptable. First, in order to obtain an embryonic stem ...

Stem Cell Research and Ethical Thinking

There has been a lot of debate surrounding embryonic stem cell research for quite a long time. The progress of stem cell science has slowed down because of the controversy. The main issues that have tormented the progress of stem cell research have been addressed and the ethical fault lines that will probably continue have been identified in the article “Update: Stem-Cell Research” ("Update: Stem-cell research," 2007). Although the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research have been removed by President Obama, this article takes a look back and explores the factors that led President Bush to “ban all federal ...

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Medicine and science had always maintained a steady flow of debates by the beginning of the 20th century with the ongoing increase of diseases, and virus mutations keeping up with the modern technology. Medicines had to be updated regularly to ensure that mutations would not influence a person’s sickness and overall health. It is common to see various medical procedures claiming that they can cure a disease or complication without the need to pay medicines regularly. One of these offerings is known as stem cell treatment, which uses stem cells to repair damage tissues or cure diseases. While the preliminary studies ...

Stem cell research

Stem Cell Research

Stem cells comprise natural in the human body capable of differentiating into different specialized cells (Cummings, 2009). These cells are also capable of self-renewal whereby they reproduce into more stem cells. Mammals produce two types; adult and embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cells are harvested from the inner cell mass of embryos in the blastocyst stage. Embryo cells differentiate into all the organs and tissues that form the human body. Adult stem cells are present in various tissues within the body (Cummings, 2009). These cells are responsible for body repairs and replenishment.

Stem cell research is ...

Stem cell research has been termed by the medical research fraternity as one of the greatest milestones in human health science. Stem cells can be defined as any kind of cell that can divide through mitosis and thereby specialize into any of the several different kinds of cells found in the human body. This specialization of the cells into any of the functional cell in the body means that doctors can use it to heal many cell-associated diseases. For example, there diseases and condition that lead to the damage of the neural cells in the brain or the spinal ...

INTRODUCTION

The debate over stem cell research, and whether or not it should be made legal, is very complicated and long-standing. Stem cell research involves investigating whether or not embryonic stem cells can be used to potentially cure a number of diseases, including Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and many others. The theory is that, since stem cells are able to differentiate into any other cell in the body, that they can be used to create healthy cells where once there were cancer cells, thus treating the disease. Stem cells have already been used to repair disease-ridden tissue successfully in patients (Neel & ...