About Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Filed under: Embryonic Stem Cell Research - 27 Oct 2011  | Spread the word !

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Although embryonic stem cell research is considered to have a series of positive benefits, it still is very controversial. Well, here are some pros and cons concerning embryonic stem cell research, and after all it is not only a matter of preference on whether you think it will have some positive effects or not, but mostly if the advantages that embryonic stem cell research can bring are more important than the disadvantages.

So, although many people seem to be against embryonic stem cell research, it continues to be a main activity for many specialists, all over the world, and the findings they managed to come to in this area seem to have helped many domains, at least when it comes to medicine and discovering treatments for serious diseases. Within the United States, for many years there has been a federal ban when it comes to funding embryonic stem cell research. In 2009, President Barack Obama decided to lift that ban and so, since that moment embryonic stem cell research has been increased. The reason why the previous US President, George Bush, decided to issue a limitation for the embryonic stem cell research was linked to ideological grounds. Anyway, since 2009, embryonic stem cell research has pretty much been increased and more Americans began supporting it.

Why is embryonic stem cell research so much debated? Well, there are some controversial aspects linked to it and there also are some believes that indicate embryonic stem cell research could bring new cures to serious conditions that cannot easily be treated today. So, specialists seem to believe that embryonic stem cell research is the key in finding potential cures for conditions such as cancer, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, heart diseases and many other rare conditions and genetic disorders. And since more than 100 million Americans suffer from diseases as the ones already mentioned, life threatening conditions that cannot easy be cured, it seems that embryonic stem cell research really is worth. When it comes to the cons against embryonic stem cell research, the most debated aspects are linked to the fact that the process supposes the destruction of the blastocyst, meaning the laboratory-fertilized human egg. So, some people consider the procedure to be a crime against human life, considering the whole process immoral.

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Embryonic Stem Cell Research Committee

Filed under: Embryonic Stem Cell Research - 10 Oct 2011  | Spread the word !

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The embryonic stem cell research is a very controversial subject nowadays and it raised many concerns throughout the years. There are and there will always be two sides of the story, as people are pro and con the embryonic stem cell research. What many people do not know is that the embryonic stem cell research began in the 60s, but it did not grow in popularity until the people began to have access to computers and to the Internet.

There is another thing that most people fail to know, that there is a Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee, which was established by the National Academies in 2005. The need for such a committee came due to all the ethical, political and legal questions that the embryonic stem cell research was raising at that time. Later, in 2007, the Amendments to the National Academies’ Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research was released, where all the composition and the responsibilities of the Embryonic Stem Cell Research Committees were made pretty clear. Every Embryonic Stem Cell Research Committee must be thus composed from representatives of both the public and the experts and all the activities regarding the embryonic stem cell research must be overseen by a Embryonic Stem Cell Research Committee.

There are many responsibilities that the Embryonic Stem Cell Research Committees have, and they must all be respected precisely. They must oversee all the issues related to the use of embryonic stem cell lines, they must review and approve the scientific merits of research protocols, they must keep evidence of all the institutions were embryonic stem cell researches are being conducted, they must register them and they should also provide all the educational means and facilities needed by researchers and scientists who are involved in embryonic stem cell research.

As you can see, the Embryonic Stem Cell Research Committees have a lot of things that they need to deal with. Even if you are pro or con the embryonic stem cell research, you should know that these committees will always make sure that the research is done properly and that no one will interfere with its results.

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