Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Stem cell research debates have echoed from class to class, and to hear that someone actually has a solution to this paradox, which can really compromise two very stubborn points of views, I could not but write my report about what I thought of a very “enlightening” article: 1. Objective analysis. Maureen L Condic’s “Getting stem cells rights” serves to emphasize the ethical part of stem cells research as it tries to ground the whole debate and market a new prospect of an embryonic stem cell called the induced pluripotent stem cells. The author clearly supports the latter and wishes to completely focus all research on it and forget about the “unethical” embryonic stem cell research. She took to pen to 1) present this new prospect 2) rebuttal the response of present embryonic stem cell researchers, and 3) completely support the new IPSC research as a call for action to end embryonic stem cell research. 1) Author presents and informs about IPSC in : -”A true, no-cost resolution of a conflict, where the interests of all parties are served without compromise.” - Ongoing research that has shown “ordinary human skins” can be changed into stem cells by a process called direct reprogramming equal to embryonic stem cells. -Production of IPSC is very simple. -No destruction of embryos taking place -Ethically and scientifically “uncompromised” -Research though still in its infancy -Simpler and cheaper to produce than embryonic stem cells. -eligible for federal funding 2) Author rebuttals what she corralled from different sources from which scientists... ... middle of paper ... ...ured. – Claimed the same university of Utah in their website. So if that is the case then why support one research over the other. Moreover, iPS cells can also develop into a human embryo. This is also considered to be unethical by many supervisors. Report on Article by Maureen L. Condic – First Things - February 08 “Getting Stem Cells Right” References: University of Utah http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/tech/stemcells/scissues/ Reports of Danwei Huangfu, René Maehr, Wenjun Guo, Astrid Eijkelenboom, Melinda Snitow, Alice E Chen & Douglas A Melto. http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v26/n7/full/nbt1418.html Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_pluripotent_stem_cell US national Library of Medicine. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3010384/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19672241
The Nobel laureates' inaccurate letter to President Bush urging him to feed federal funds to human-embryo stem-cell research has had PR value in the media. It perpetuates a number of misconceptions and misleading statements regarding stem-cell research, particularly embryonic as opposed to adult stem-cell research, and will serve to continue to cloud the issue. Some of these deceptive statements are the subject of this essay.
Embryonic stem cells research has challenged the moral ethics within human beings simply because the point at which one is considered a “human,” is still under debate and practically incapable to make a decision upon.
In President Barack Obama’s speech of 2009, he issued an executive order which lifted the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, placed by the President George W. Bush. Obama addresses important factors of why he removed the ban such as keeping innovative scientists in the country and the many future promises the research holds. The president is biased towards the future of using embryonic stem cells in his speech― he strongly supports them and strives to improve research opportunities. However, President Obama does acknowledge the downside effects that this research can bring such as the risk of human cloning and addresses how it will be prevented. This speech will support an embryonic stem cell argumentative essay by demonstrating the benefits this research can bring to the country.
...nt stem cells hope to mimic, but I believe that with the current and future research, iPSCs could prove to be even more useful than embryonic stem cells. Firstly, it cannot simply be assumed that cultured embryonic stem cells in vitro behave identically to actual embryos in vivo. Should embryonic stem cells are often used as a control when comparing and assessing the efficacy of induced pluripotent stem cell? If embryonic stem cells are also considered “man-made” and do not accurately represent in vivo embryos, then it cannot be assumed that they are a superior research model than induced pluripotent stem cells. Furthermore, the versatility, cost-effectiveness, and ethically favorable qualities of induced pluripotent stem cells, combined with new technologies and research methods that continue to be discovered suggest that iPSCs have a bright and productive future.
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This report does a fairly comprehensive job on educating the public to the definition of stem cells, describing them as “a diverse group of remarkable multipotent cells that are relatively undifferentiated and unspecialized cells of the body.” Stem cells have the capacity for unlimited self-renewal and the possibility to produce differentiated descendant cell types. The main in...
As technology stem cell research intensifies, so does the controversy about whether such scientific progress is moral. In the past millennium to today the present stem cell research has become a controversial topic across the world. Stem cells are unspecialized cells that have unique regenerative abilities, allowing them to divide into specialized cell types. Understanding why these processes occur is essential to curing disease. Critics of stem cell research argue that the extraction of embryonic stem cells involves destroying an early embryo, equating the act of killing a human. Although stem cell research is a highly controversial topic, it is compulsory to continue stem cell research within ethical boundaries for the benefit of mankind.
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This report aims to investigate the different views held on the pros and cons of development in stem cell research. This report will provide background to the debate, its social significance, parties that are involved and analysis of the arguments related to the topic researched.
Within the past few years, scientist have made several breakthroughs with human stem cells. These breakthroughs have catapulted the issue of stem cell research into the middle of a national debate. Most people have no problem with the research itself, however the source of the stem cells (adult or human embryos) used in research is the primary cause of the debate. Some people feel that destroying an embryo is comparable to murder, even if the research it promotes may help people with serious illnesses. Other believe that an embryo is not a person and therefore research on an embryo is the same as research on any other group of cells.
On April 28, 2011 - the United States Appeals Court overturned the rule of a federal judge because of several issues that emerged with stem cell research being funded by the government. Although, the science of human embryonic stem cell is in its initial stages - there is much hope for scientific advancement due to the ability for human embryonic stem cells to grow into virtually various kinds of cells Favorably, advocates for stem cell research and pharmaceutical companies strongly believe that stem cells may pave a way to discover new methods of treatment for devastating ailments; such as, Leukemia, Alzheimer’s disease, Heart disease, Parkinson’s disease and diabetes- a prospect that is inspiring to both scientists and those who are seeking cures for themselves and family members. In contrast, numerous pro-life advocates are against federal funding for stem cell research because of the method in which these stem cells are extracted. In addition, several other groups argue that the federal government has abandoned more substantial as well as promising and less controversial adult and cord stem cell research. Instead, the government has dedicated a majority of their funding in favor of the more popular and controversial stem research. Ultimately, as long as humans exist - the need for a more extensive and technological progress will be abundant and crucial to humanity's survival. However, does the needs of the human species outweigh the potential lives embryos represent? With so much on the line, let us explore exactly what human embryonic stem cell (HESC) research is and what may be potentially weighing in the balance for the human race if we proceed down this road.
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The stem cell research controversy is one of the major headlines in bioscience and has been discussed and debated numerous times throughout the last decade or so.