Stem cell dilemmas

Question 1

Where do stem cells come from?

Answer 1

Aborted embryos, spare from fertility treatment and they are donated.

Question 2

What are ethical reasons for problems with stem cells?

Answer 2

The embryo is a potential of human life and permission was not asked, going against their rights.

Question 3

What are the religous reasons with problems with stem cells?

Answer 3

They do not want to interfere with human reproduction

Question 4

What are the general problems?

Answer 4

Expensive, difficult, cause cancer because of cells developing, might be infected by viruses and the person can become immune, time and money are being wasted and there is no progress

Question 5

What is the future of stem cell research?

Answer 5

Umbilical cord blood they found embryonic stem cells, the adult stem cells have been used for heart diseases and grow new organs

Question 6

What is Therapeutic cloning?

Answer 6

Using cells from the early human embryo culture them so they can be differentiated into the organs the same human but they will not act the same as they are in different environmental conditions

Question 7

Scientists have been able to cure…

Answer 7

diabetes, spinal cords after injuries, hearts after damaging in heart attack, blindness and damaged done because they can make stem cells into special making insulin-producing cells