Stem Cell Research: What is it? A paper for a Communication and Gender class, overview of topic and ethical concerns.

With all the media coverage on stem cell research during the past election, one would think that the general public had all of the information on stem cell research. This is not the case, however. Most people believe that stem cells are cells that must be extracted from a human embryo in order to do any good in the medical community, which is only partly true. Based solely on this information, armed with religious and …showed first 75 words of 1340 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1340 total…life in order to harvest its cells. Regardless of ethical issues, we have seen that there are promising alternatives to embryonic stem cell research. No one should dismiss the possibilities of what stem cell research can do for the sick and dying without giving it due thought. SOURCES http://www.religioustolerance.org/res_stem.htm http://www.stemnews.com/ http://www.stemcellresearchfoundation.org/ http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/scireport/ http://www.globalchange.com/stemcells2.htm