After the debate on Stem Cell Research I have come to the conclusion that being able to take these “unspecialized” cells and have them become a more differentiated cell type within the body, such as skin cell, muscle cell, or a nerve cell to replace or even heal damaged tissues and cells in the body is something that could be potentially a good idea. The purpose of the cells is to serve as a “built-in repair system” for the human body. However, I do not agree with having to take a human embryo 5 to 7 days old and destruct it, because I feel that is immoral and like many other people I believe that life begins at conception, but this research is done with hopes of treating Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and other illnesses. Even though no therapies in humans have ever been successfully carried out using embryonic stem cells, so why haven’t researchers pursued a “non embryo harming path? On the other hand, you also have the adult stem cells, which are primarily to maintain and repair the tissue in which they are found. Researchers have found that it is difficult in obtaining a large number and that these adult cells do not live as long as the embryonic cell and is more difficult in trying to reprogram to form other tissue types. /I consider stem cell research to be done only for the right purposes so that way money is not wasted and the embryos are used in order to treat certain illnesses.
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