With well-publicized declarations that embryonic stem cells may be the panacea for every disease and affliction that defies current medical treatments based on surgical procedures and drug-based therapies, vocal support for stem cell research continues to grow louder. Yet for the full potential to be realized, significantly more research is needed and ethical barriers must be overcome. The latest reports provide reason for hope that before long embryonic stem cell research will be able to be pursued to its fullest.
With the right set of growth factors and chemical signals, spermatogonial cells were able to duplicate the characteristics of embryonic stem cells, morphing into any other kind of cell, including heart, bone, pancreas, and nerve cells. Scientists from Germany suggest that these testicular germ cells may become any cell in the body capable of treating a wide variety of illnesses.
During the two U.S. Presidential races involving George W. Bush, the issue of embryonic stem cell research was among the hot topics of debate. Proponents of embryonic cell research touted the possibilities of untold breakthrough medical treatments for victims of paralysis, Parkinson's disease, cancer, and other conditions. Opponents of the research objected on the grounds that it would cause an increase in abortion rates as a market was created for newly harvested embryos. Yet lost in the debate was the question of whether or not embryonic cell research is even necessary at all.
This article wrestles with the moral implications of embryonic stem cell research. In general right wing conservative republicans oppose embryonic stem cell research because of the moral implications of destroying human embryos; however, they also uphold the right of a barren woman to seek doctor assisted fertilization causing a stockpile of embryos that never get implanted. Either way most the embryos get aborted in time.
There may be a way to get human cells to modify themselves back into stem cells for instant evolution using the junk DNA in the system. In other words, we might be able to get a human being to grow gills during a space flight for use once they get to their destination, or modify lungs to accept atmospheres much different from here on Earth. Consider if you will that other planets will have different percentages of gases in their atmosphere, which could cause instant havoc for the robust, but specifically evolved human bio-system.
One would be hard pressed today to read a newspaper or turn on the TV news with out a story on Stem Cell Research. It certainly is the hot topic of the moment. If you are in favor of Stem Cell Research there are ways for you to promote it. A large number of experts in the medical population are in favor of using stem cells in medical therapies. The big controversy comes from embryo are necessary. the fact that in order to get the needed stem cells, first the human embryos must be destroyed.
This article wrestles with the moral implications of embryonic stem cell research. In general right wing conservative republicans oppose embryonic stem cell research because of the moral implications of destroying human embryos; however, they also uphold the right of a barren woman to seek doctor assisted fertilization causing a stockpile of embryos that never get implanted. Either way most the embryos get aborted in time.
For decades the only solution for men and women who suffer from chronic, debilitating back pain has been a choice between invasive surgery, or the long-term use of strong painkillers. Neither option addresses the underlying causes of back pain, nor do they promise a real solution. But, today, the use of adult stem cells to regenerate spinal tissue offers men and women with back pain and lower back pain a new option for rehabilitation that combines cutting edge technology with up-to-date science.
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disease that occurs after the slow and progressive destruction of neurons. Affected area plays an important role in controlling movement, so people affected shows rigid gestures, uncontrollable, tremor and postural instability. Among the triggers for the disease include: pesticides, drugs, viruses, head injury, stress, loss of nerve cell protection.
For too long we have accepted any old wrinkle cream simply reinventing itself in a different package and being called the best neck cream. Consumers deserve better than that, and this article will help locate which neck creams are really uniquely made for the neck area. We will discuss several differences between basic wrinkle cream and neck cream, and one possible ingredient which could change the face of how neck creams or wrinkle creams treat aging skin.
President Obama, in one of his first decisions in office, recently signed an executive order to allow allocation of federal funds for embryonic Stem Cell research. Around the same time, "Octomom", Ms. Nadya Suleman, gave birth to 8 babies conceived using assisted reproductive techniques (ART). Both issues have generated wide debate in our nation and have dominated public interest. Interestingly, the two topics may be intimately connected to one another. |
