As quoted from US President Barack Obama, "I believe that the restrictions that President Bush has placed on funding of human embryonic stem cell research have handcuffed our scientists..." Well, I agree with his statement fully. Stem cell research, in my opinion, is more of a boon than a bane, and if appropriate methods are used to conduct the research, it will indubitably be very beneficial to mankind.
Stem cell research has numerous benefits, one of which is the treatment of a wide range of diseases. Admit it, if you are the patient, you most likely be yearning for yourself to be treated, really fast. You will not want to waste your time debating in your head whether conducting the stem cell research, the cause celebre topic, is ethical of not. Especially if you are in great pain and whining incessantly on the hospital bed, the more you would want to be treated. The cure? It may be a result from stem cell research. Conducting stem cell research will enable one to better understand the cell development and would thus aid in the correction of certain cell-related medical illness, an example of which is cancer. In addition, cells and tissues for medical therapies can be created too. As such, with the above...
Reference:
- http://cellnews-blog.blogspot.com/2008/09/barack-obama-on-stem-cell-research.html
- http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/health.asp
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