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Embryonic stem cells (ESC) are in the news because of their ability to become virtually any cell type of the body has inspired promises and expectations. There was even a ballot proposal in Michigan in 2008 to expand stem cell research. Medical researchers and doctors are calling cell stem research the most exciting and revolutionary breakthrough development of the new millennium. But serious ethical issues–such as harvesting stem cells from frozen embryos–have encumbered and fuel the debate about the ethics of embryonic stem cell research.
Some medical scientists and researchers have found a way to avoid the ethical issues of harvesting stem cells from embryos by working with adult stem cells. Although adult bone marrow stem cells are difficult to work with in the test tube, scientists and medical researchers have had over 73 different conditions result in successful outcomes vs 0 success using embryonic stem cells.
July 12th, 2009 at 2:29 am
This is interesting!