http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/kemp/090730
http://www.experiment-resources.com/stem-cell-pros-and-cons.html
In this stem cell debate, I am on the con side. After doing some research, I found two good articles that support the con argument. My first article mainly describes better alternatives to using embryonic stem cells. For example, it seems a lot wiser to use adult stem cells that embryonic stem cells. Almost one hundred people have been successfully treated with adult stem cells. One of these people are Barry Goudy. Barry Goudy was treated with adult stem cells in order to help his multiple sclerosis. Barry now says, "They reboot your immune system. I live a normal life. I coach hockey, I play racquetball, I golf." Another alternative to embryonic stem cells are skin cells. Dr. Shinya Yamanaka of Japan's Kyoto University was the first person to ever reprogram skin cells to be used like embryonic stem cells. These skin cells can do everything that an embryonic stem cell can do without using one embryo. Even the National Institutes of Health say that these skin cells are a great source for replacement cells and replacement tissue. These skin cells are able to treat Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. My second article mainly discusses the moral side of embryonic stem cell research. The article says how humans should not try to play God and how we should not tamper with a human life. The article is also saying that treating an embryo like it is not living yet is pretty much saying that life at an earlier stage is not as important as life at a later stage. This is what my two articles about embryonic stem cell research discussed.
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