Ok the main thing that goes hand in hand with stemcell research, is the question, is it ethical? Well that is a good question. What people dont understand is that there are two sides to that question. You see, the pluripotent cells, or the cells that come from unborn children, are very good for stem cells. What stem cells do, or what scientists are trying to perfect, is that they take the cells and then try and form them or teach them to grow as whatever they want them to turn into. So lets say that you have liver cancer, they would take cells and make them grow into a liver or part of a liver. The reason they use pluripotent cells is because they dont have assgnments to be something so that they are easier to turn into other cells. So that is the explanation of why they are used. Yes you can use adult cells but they are just not easy to make into whatever a scientist wants. so personally when i look at the subject, i think that they are needed.
Now the other side is, is it unethical. This will be widely diverse. some people will say and and some will say no. I think that as long as it isnt a fully grown baby its fine. I mean its a baby that no one wants or they come from cryogenic labs that have sperm and eggs but they are too old to do anything with. So what if theyre used for science. It would be atleast used for something besides being thrown away.
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