Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Embryonic stem cells
The term "stem cell" in Websters dictionary defines it as "An unspecialized cell that gives rise to differentiated cells", which is a fancy way of saying "stem cells can be used to copy and turn into any other type of cell".
To understand Embryonic stem cells, we must go back to the Discovery of stem cells in general. Stem cell research first dates back to the late 1800's, when scientist first observed evidence of cells able to produce other cell types. There was a gap in the research of stem cells due to technological accessibility. The first truly recorded study of stem cells was an accident, by two men named James Till and Earnest McCulloch. Researchers soon discovered that additional stem cells also reside in the …show more content…
The people who are against the embryonic stem cell argue that even though it is an embryo it will eventually still be a person, christian belief states that human existence begins with conception rather than the actual form as stated in psalm 139:13-16,even though it doesn't have any human characteristics so far but should still be given the respect and dignity of a person. The counter argument of how it should be used is all about how the embryo has not been implanted into the uterus and does not have the emotional, psychological, and physical attributes of an actual person and therefore is not human. How the process of removal happens is when they remove the inner cell mass from a cultured blastocyst, which is like a sphere made up of outer layers of cells much like a cell membrane. I personally agree with the use of embryonic stem cells, as it is the only type of stem cell that is totipotent which means that it can transform into any type of cell that's needed, and is the only type of stem cell that can turn into neurons, or brain cells. As well as their ideals of what a person is, it can be a new life yes, but it would be better to save an already existing life for it has emotional, physical and psychological capabilities more than a mass of cells. But there are other means of creating embryonic stem cells that do not require the full destruction of an embryo. There is therapeutic cloning, which is where scientist create an embryonic clone of the patient and then harvest the embryo, thus killing the clone, to cure the "original". Another technique is from donations either from people who are having abortions or the left over cells of an umbilical cord after it is cut has embryonic stem cell remnants. The
The term "stem cell" in Websters dictionary defines it as "An unspecialized cell that gives rise to differentiated cells", which is a fancy way of saying "stem cells can be used to copy and turn into any other type of cell".
To understand Embryonic stem cells, we must go back to the Discovery of stem cells in general. Stem cell research first dates back to the late 1800's, when scientist first observed evidence of cells able to produce other cell types. There was a gap in the research of stem cells due to technological accessibility. The first truly recorded study of stem cells was an accident, by two men named James Till and Earnest McCulloch. Researchers soon discovered that additional stem cells also reside in the …show more content…
The people who are against the embryonic stem cell argue that even though it is an embryo it will eventually still be a person, christian belief states that human existence begins with conception rather than the actual form as stated in psalm 139:13-16,even though it doesn't have any human characteristics so far but should still be given the respect and dignity of a person. The counter argument of how it should be used is all about how the embryo has not been implanted into the uterus and does not have the emotional, psychological, and physical attributes of an actual person and therefore is not human. How the process of removal happens is when they remove the inner cell mass from a cultured blastocyst, which is like a sphere made up of outer layers of cells much like a cell membrane. I personally agree with the use of embryonic stem cells, as it is the only type of stem cell that is totipotent which means that it can transform into any type of cell that's needed, and is the only type of stem cell that can turn into neurons, or brain cells. As well as their ideals of what a person is, it can be a new life yes, but it would be better to save an already existing life for it has emotional, physical and psychological capabilities more than a mass of cells. But there are other means of creating embryonic stem cells that do not require the full destruction of an embryo. There is therapeutic cloning, which is where scientist create an embryonic clone of the patient and then harvest the embryo, thus killing the clone, to cure the "original". Another technique is from donations either from people who are having abortions or the left over cells of an umbilical cord after it is cut has embryonic stem cell remnants. The