Therapeutic Uses of Embryos Flashcards
What is the moral issue related to the supply of human eggs?
Medicine given to increase egg supply can have side effects and cause harm
The surgery to retrieve eggs, though minor, carries risks and raises ethical concerns about putting someone at risk for collecting embryos for therapy
What moral issue is raised by treating embryos as a commodity?
Is it okay to buy and sell eggs that have the potential to become life?
This raises questions about the morality of treating embryos as products.
What does the moral issue ‘Means to an End’ imply?
Embryos are created to be used and discarded, focusing only on therapeutic usefulness
This perspective suggests that the embryos themselves are not valued.
What is the ‘Slippery Slope’ moral issue concerning human cloning?
will science go too far as to screening embryos could turn into cloning humans?
Are clones considered human? Do they have rights and the ability to consent?
What is a savior sibling?
When a family goes through IVF, they may choose a specific embryo that is a close genetic match to their sibling and can later (as a human) donate part of their body to save them.
What does it mean if something is ‘therapeutic’?
it is a form of medical treatment or medicines used for healing diseases or disorders
what is hESC?
Human Embryonic Stem Cells
taken from the early-stage embryos (about 1 week), hESC is a source of human embryonic stem cells which can be used for therapeutic treatments. They are valuable as they are unique organizations.
what uses do hESC have?
They can divide and renew themselves for lengthy periods.
They are undifferentiated or cialized cells that can differentiate into various specialized stem cells.
What is the importance of therapeuticuses of embryos?
Therapeutic uses of embryos are used to cure diseases/damage that is currently happening to people.
