The Law on Stem Cell Research is to enjoy a dramatic shake up after Obama pledged to loosen up the law on the controversial subject. Here’s a list of the positive and negative points on Stem Cell Research, make up your own mind. When a disease is listed on the pros list, it means “possible cure in near future due to stem cell research”.
stem cell research pros and cons
PROS of Stem Cell Research
* “The benefits of stem cell research is a great result, that outweighs the ethical issues.” (Cost-benefit analysis)
* Alzheimer’s disease
* “If someone goes to an abortion, it is better that we use it for something useful?”
* Adult stem cells would not be so interesting, because they do not have the same properties fetus stem cells
* Parkinson’s disease
* Replace or Repair Damaged Organs
* Reducing the risks of transplantation (You may copy one of your own heart in a heart transplant in the future)
* Heart disease, stroke and diabetes (type 1)
* Birth Defects
* Spinal Cord Injuries
* Alzheimer’s disease
* “If someone goes to an abortion, it is better that we use it for something useful?”
* Adult stem cells would not be so interesting, because they do not have the same properties fetus stem cells
* Parkinson’s disease
* Replace or Repair Damaged Organs
* Reducing the risks of transplantation (You may copy one of your own heart in a heart transplant in the future)
* Heart disease, stroke and diabetes (type 1)
* Birth Defects
* Spinal Cord Injuries
* Another often mentioned advantage is that this research would be much more understanding about the basics of the body indeed.
CONS of Stem Cell Research
* Critics against stem cell research, argue that ethical issues do not justify the benefits.
* “We should not mess with human life.”
* Some argue that stem cell research in the distant future may lead to knowledge on how to clone humans. It is difficult to say whether this is true, but we have seen devastating effects of another study, even with good intentions, such as nuclear research.
* The scientific value is excessive or defective. E.g. we are not sure we can use stem cells to cloning organs transplanted them to yourself.
* We should (and will) develop more ethical methods (such as the use of adult stem cells) that will enable us to research ethics. We must wait until those methods are available.
* “A life is a life and should never be compromised. A fertilized egg must be valued as a human life, even if his first few weeks. Destroy human life in the hopes of saving human life is unethical apparently. “
* “We should not mess with human life.”
* Some argue that stem cell research in the distant future may lead to knowledge on how to clone humans. It is difficult to say whether this is true, but we have seen devastating effects of another study, even with good intentions, such as nuclear research.
* The scientific value is excessive or defective. E.g. we are not sure we can use stem cells to cloning organs transplanted them to yourself.
* We should (and will) develop more ethical methods (such as the use of adult stem cells) that will enable us to research ethics. We must wait until those methods are available.
* “A life is a life and should never be compromised. A fertilized egg must be valued as a human life, even if his first few weeks. Destroy human life in the hopes of saving human life is unethical apparently. “
There are some of the arguments, hope they were helpful.