Peter Morgan, Block 4 Pro Adult Stem Cells.

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My article was not so much geared towards the put down of embryonic stem cells but weighing the pros and cons of both. What it does inform the reader of is that adult stem cells have had many, many, successful treatments while embryos haven't had any. This shows that adult stem cells are already successful and we still don't know much about embryonic stem cells. Another point is that to harvest embryos we have to terminate a developing human life while, adult stem cells can be taken out of the blood stream or bone marrow. This is much less costly, less painful to the patient and adult stem cell surgery is covered on most insurance policies. One researcher has reported making a beating heat with the use of adult stem cells and, many cases have  shown that stem cells put on a persons heart can make the heart much stronger. Adult stem cells have also helped cure or treat type one diabetes, Cancers such as melanoma and kidney cancer, Multiple sclerosis and more. The only thing that we need to be careful of is ourselves. We all want the research to fall into place and just work and it doesn't happen like that. We have to fight to be patient, to be sure that the research is legitimate and that it will work without fail. But when looking at the progress from both fields of research it is clear that adult stem cells are much more advanced, humane, useful and should be studied more. That is exactly why adult stem cells need to be studied, not embryonic.