There are many who view embryonic stem cell research as a procedure with many benefits. There are also many who view it as a procedure that is ethically wrong. Despite the promises cloning can provide, opponents view the procedure as morally wrong on ideological grounds while supporters hope that embryonic stem cell research can provide cures for numerous diseases and afflictions. To understand more of the controversy that surrounds embryonic stem cell research, readers must understand the differences and similarities of the two different type of cloning: therapeutic cloning and reproductive cloning. “Therapeutic cloning creates human embryos through cloning in order to harvest their stem cells for medical research; reproductive cloning creates the embryos for human reproduction”.
Conflicts of Altruism to Profit Lora Ririe Biology Abstract Altruism and profit are two forces that deeply influence research. As can been seen with the HeLa cells, the research began as an altruistic project but then progressed to a profit gaining product. If all scientific experiments and research were conducted for profit, immorality would occur. On the other hand, if all research was based on altruism, hardly any progress in the scientific field would be made due to lack of funding and protests. However, the risks of profit lead research can be seen in Southam’s experimentations and skin cream products today.
Many alternatives are accessible to use. Using other options instead of animals for research come with infinite benefits including less expensive procedures, more animals in their natural habitats, and unharmed organisms. It eliminates the factor of harming animals in order to proceed with scientific discoveries. Sullivan (2012) finds it “less spendy” and faster to use artificial skin and human eye models in addition to the fact they are more accurate methods. These non-animal methods replace those archaic animal tests, and take less time to complete.
Scientists believe this method will transform the severe disease of Duchenne muscular dystrophy to a much milder Becker muscular dystrophy. For me, some pros to this approach would be a cure for a severe case of muscular dystrophy, but it is unfortunate that the patient will still have the disorder, just in a milder form. A con would be any side effects that exon skipping may have. Since there are not any recorded cases of this being done in the United States, it is hard to know whether or not exon skipping could be potentially dangerous to those who want to try the treatment since testing in human patients is still out of the question. Another con is within the administration of the treatment.
This makes me wonder why people taught me this without there being any solid background. I believe that it should be done because they should be able to identify them in future in the case of a similar crime to ease the arrest of the criminal. 6.) The gene that causes Dwarfism can now be identified and parents can decide whether or not they want to have a child if it has this disease. Explain why you think this is a good idea or not.
With continued research in cloning procedures, scientists predict they will be able to find a cure for cancer by learning how to switch cells on and off. “Therapeutic cloning, in which embryos are cloned to harvest their stem cells but never grown into a baby, can turn into any part of cell in the body, and may hold the secret to cures for diseases.” Embryo cloning has been successfully carried out for years on many species of animals. Some limited experimentation has been done on human embryos. Adult DNA cloning has been used to clone a sheep, but was not tried on humans until December 1998. Cloning today has not yet been perfected.
President Obama passed a bill when he was elected in office that allows government funding for embryonic stem cell research. Many tax payers were angered at this decision. This was a big step for scientist and hopefully the beginning to find a cure for all diseases. I strongly support embryonic stem cell research knowing it could save someone’s mother, sister, daughter, friend, father, and my aunt’s life. Just think that one life can save
Kora Wilke Bever Debate 6 November Eugenics is a science that deals with the improvement of heredity qualities. This should be legal because American parents should be able to prevent disabilities in their children. A disability is being deprived of physical, moral or intellectual strength. Eugenics would create a fair and average play field, eliminating disabilities that could be a burden on one’s health—even life. With eugenics legal, Americans would have more room to prosper, reducing the price of medical help in the long run.
The Stem cells help us by curing any diseases and save lives. It will show the readers pros and cons about each stem cell. The purpose will be why people should consider Adult stem cell over Embryonic Stem cell. It will also describe how some of people still think that embryonic stem cells are better than Adults cells. It is very important to understand why Adults stem cells are better to use and they are not breaking any traditional values.
Cloning seems like such an amazing thing to discover; the power over DNA manipulation might have baffled us and gotten us excited, but it is not something that is ethical. If the ability to modify the DNA of human beings is allowed to be practiced, there will be no end to what unnatural thing we will do. The technological advances that have been made in health have benefited us immensely but neither therapeutic nor reproductive cloning are wise uses of our new found knowledge. There is no doubt that with this technology, we will soon want to design our unborn children. When this becomes possible, it will not only change the process of child conception into a manufacturing process but also segregate the designer children and the naturally conceived children into two separate social classes that will eventually segregate the