Advantages and Disadvantages of Stem Cell Research

Human stem cell research is both a controversial as well as a cutting-edge technology. On one hand it promises to revolutionize medicine while on the other hand it raises a host of ethical issues. Read on to know both the advantages and disadvantages of stem cell research.
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irish ninja correct the 3rd bullet under disadvantages. It says amy instead of may 11/7/2009
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Ben mc The reserch of embryonic stem-cells if very wrong. taking someone's life to save other should not be done. It is 1 out of a billion that, that baby was chosen out of all the other sperms 9/10/2009
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tony •It provides medical benefits in the fields of therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine.
•It provides great potential for discovering treatments and cures to a plethora of diseases including Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, Cancer, spinal cord injuries, diabetes and many more.
•Limbs and organs could be grown in a lab from stem cells and then used in transplants or to help treat illnesses.
•It will help scientists to learn about human growth and cell development.
•Scientists and doctors will be able to test millions of potential drugs and medicine, without the use of animals or human testers. This necessitates a process of simulating the effect the drug has on a specific population of cells. This would tell if the drug is useful or has any problems.
•Stem cell research also benefits the study of development stages that cannot be studied directly in a human embryo, which sometimes are linked with major clinical consequences such as birth defects, pregnancy loss and infertility. A more comprehensive understanding of normal development will ultimately allow the prevention or treatment of abnormal human development.
•Another advantage of stem cell research is that it holds the key to reversing the effects of aging and prolonging our lives. Stem cell research has already found many treatments that help slow the aging process, and a bonus of further stem cell research is a possible ‘cure’ for aging altogether.
•An advantage of the usage of adult stem cells to treat disease is that a patient’s own cells could be used to treat a patient. Risks would be quite reduced because patients’ bodies would not reject their own cells.
•An advantage of using embryonic stem cells is that they can develop into any cell types of the body, and may then be more versatile than adult stem cells.
Disadvantages of Stem Cell Research
•The use of embryonic stem cells for research involves the destruction of blastocysts formed from laboratory-fertilized human eggs. For those people who believe that life begins at conception, the blastocyst is a human life and to destroy it is immoral and unacceptable.
•Like any other new technology, it is also completely unknown what the long term effects of such an interference with nature could materialize.
•Embryonic stem cells amy not be the solution for all ailments.
•According to a new research stem cell therapy was used on heart disease patients. It was found that it can make their coronary arteries become narrower.
•A disadvantage of most adult stem cells is that they are pre-specialized, for instance, blood stem cells make only blood, and brain stem cells make only brain cells.
•A disadvantage of embryonic stem cells is that they are derived from embryos that are not a patient’s own and the patient’s body may reject them
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Anton L stem cells are great aka neil 9/7/2009
neil.m hi my name is neil and stem cells are cool 9/7/2009
Tony I think stem cells are awesome the reproduce people. 9/7/2009
neil i like stem cells 9/7/2009
Shocker whose the babe in the picture. Wow 9/7/2009
lex i think this article is very informative and gives knowledgable information on the research of stem cells. it touches base on the benefits and disadvantages of this scientifical treatment. 9/7/2009
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Anton L it gives an articular view of the comment in hand. It only just scracthes the surface of the real discussion 9/7/2009
MOLLY you spelt MAY wrong iin paragraph disadvantages...read it again...otherwise good information...exactly what i was looking for! 8/11/2009
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Jo N Good information, thankyou! 6/21/2009
roesch you have a type o in the disadvantage the word is may but you have it as amy 6/8/2009
Mason Hessing I think that we should use stem cells because I am paralyzed! 5/19/2009
COD ADDICT i think that foamy the squirell is the lord and master and we should worship him 5/15/2009
krystal what is and disavantige for the cells and could you plz tall me because i need to ues it for my progect thanks 4/30/2009
Sen Great Job! 4/30/2009
Samantha C I think stem cell research is good because it could revolutionize medicine, it could save babies born with organ defects, it can cure diseases so as to increase life and improve the world, also it can improve immune systems thus there wont be a time where majority of the workers are staying absent from work thus productivity would not decrease and the economy can be sustained or even increased. Imagine curing diseases. Wow! 4/29/2009
a downy chicken very good at portraying both sides i think a bit of religion ethics/morals should also have been contributed but im no scientist or am i 4/25/2009
worried exscuse me mr doctor man umm i am a woman and having trouble figuring out when my periods coming. help! 4/18/2009
Mike J. I am as against embryonic stem cell research as I can get! Abortion is wrong as well. If a law was proposed and possibly passed by former President George Bush saying if a man kills a pregnent woman, then he is charged with the murder of both the woman and the unborn child, then why wold abortion not be murder? In the same way, why should embryos be destroyed? 3/31/2009
Mike J. I am as against embryonic stem cell research as I can get! Abortion is wrong as well. If a law was proposed and possibly passed by former President George Bush saying if a man kills a pregnent woman, then he is charged with the murder of both the woman and the unborn child, then why wold abortion not be murder? In the same way, who should embryos be destroyed? 3/31/2009
Alex I am dead set against embryonic stem cell research. The definition of an embryo differs. It may not be fertilized, but how long until scientists want to use fertilized embryos? And to cloning, it is God who creates life. We cannot do this. 3/31/2009
Jonathan Spelling error in the disadvantages: "embryonic stem cells 'amy' not be the solution..." 3/23/2009
frannytonnii i think it was veryy helpful :) 3/23/2009
Solotext i think that stem cell research is something we should to continue to study. i love this article it helped me with my science project. 3/22/2009
jomarthy awesome 3/13/2009
Dominique well this helped me w/ my homework but yet i am still against it 100%! i think just because we could find cures n all tht it does not mean people should go and do stem research on other peoples eggs n stuff it is absolutly horrible.. yes if a person wants 2 give up her baby in abortion she can but it is not right to still take things like that n it would be horrible to find out we can clone ourselves no person should be and thats my opinion 2/19/2009
Nikki Really helped me with my A level essay
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Mel This website helped me a lot with my science research for GCSE,
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andrew Stem cells are really good to study so get a move on 10/29/2008
saz i think stem cell research is a good thing as it may cure many diseases and if we decide to cure them, we will have to face the consequences but i do not accept cloning for no apparent reason! 10/14/2008
hj i like stem cells 9/5/2008
Lachie Great advice 9/1/2008
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