Do you agree with stem cell research? Why or why not?
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seaofgrass
ANSWERS: 49
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I do, just as i mentioned in the abortion question, i don't agree that a fetus is a living organism, not a human life, which seems to be the only reason (that i know of) that people are against the research, especially government funding in the US. But i guess i see so much good that can come from the research, i just hope it's further developed and accepted. A seemingly endless list of problems can be solved, cancer cured, alsheimers, arthritis, maybe even my poor spelling! I think i may go in to stem cell research, maybe at CalTech. I'd like to help people, and i think stem cell research gives that oppurtunity
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In addition to the wonderful answers given by seaofgrass and drublic, I'd also like to add my two cents. 1) A ban on federal funding of stem cell research is, as far as I'm concerned, an egregious violation of separation of church and state. 2) To oppose stem cell research is backwards, primitive, and counter-progressive. I bet that many people who oppose stem cell research would change their opinions if they were diagnosed with cancer or another potentially curable disease.
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I only agree with research on adult stem cells. While others don't agree with me, I believe a fetus is a living person. It is a human being that deserves just as much of a chance at living a long life as you or I did before we were born. I believe that embryonic stem cell research is wrong. Killing an innocent child(again...this is what I believe...maybe not you...but I) is murder, and should not be condoned. Those who are in favor of it to save the lives of others fail to realize that killing someone else(who is innocent) to save yourself is sick. It's like an adult shielding themselves from gunfire with a child. Simply wrong. Everything happens for a reason. It's all part of God's plan. This is all coming from my Christian beliefs, and my belief that a "fetus" is a living human being from the time of conception. I'm not afraid to state that, even though I'll probably get criticism. --My 2 cents
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I am 100& in favor. Stem cell research is the most exciting and promising avenue right now to conquer numerous diseases. Because of stem cells, insulin can now be made from human insulin, avoiding problems with allergies to animal insulin for millions of diabetics. Rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson's and countless auto-immune disorders should reap benefits from stem cell research as well. People can donate the umbillical cords of their newborns for this research too.
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If you want to look at it from a neutral point of view: Benefits vs. Costs POSSIBLE help for certain health problems vs. CERTAIN DEATH for a fetus or a baby or whatever you want to call it. Ok...not really neutral, but the benefits vs. costs thing really needs to be taken into account.
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I do agree with it so long as it comes from adult stem cells (which I recently read somewhere actually works the best) or from the placenta. I do not agree when they want to take it from aborted fetuses. It's like saying "hey, this mother is just going to throw her kid in the trash anyway so let's pull it out of the refuse and do some testing on it".
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I admit I don't know that much about the issue, but I do agree with the concept. I don't like the fact they use aborted babies. An embryo is a living thing, it has a heartbeat at only a few weeks gestation (I went to my sis-in-laws ultrasound when she was about 2 or 3 weeks preg.). If science could come up with another way to do the research then wonderful. Can they not use what's left from a live birth? Maybe make it an option for mother's to agree or not to agree to when giving birth. I'm not trying to start an argument, just curious. As I said, not knowledgeable on all aspects of stem cell research.
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There are various sources of stem cells: ebryos, umbilical cord, adults (bone marrow cells for example). As someone already said, embryonic stem cells are less easily controlled and can cause far more complications than adult stem cells. For both moral and medical reasons I believe that only adult or cord cells should be used.
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Totally for! They seem to think that it could cure so many diseases. So why not!? It's not killing anyone. Stem cells are NOT technicly alive!
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Yes I am for any research which is causing no harm and can help an incredible amount of other research to continue. Many people are waiting for results on things that can be found in the stem cells only
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FOR! I work in the medical field, and I see how many lives could be saved if there were stem cell research. There are so many diseases and disorders etc etc that could be cured through this. I know that it's controversial because of the way that it's done, but every good thing we've gained as the human race, has come about through a loss. Just think about that.
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For, if it can provide the results that I hear it can provide.
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For it if they don't use fetises for it.
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I am totally for stem-cell research because it is already showing results in labs for helping Parkinson's disease, regenerating damaged cells, etc. I have read and heard that there could be hundreds of uses for these cells. If it helps in any way with diseases and injuries, I say go for it.
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Im for it, In the future I think it will cure a lot of diseases.
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I'm for both adult and embryonic stem cell research. What many people don't realize is that the embryos that would be used to harvest stem cells from get destroyed anyway when they can no longer be kept in storage. Why shouldn't those thousands of embryos that would simply be thrown away be used to help cure deadly diseases? Just my two cents.
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I am with most of the other posters and am in favour of stemcell research. I am pro-stemcell research because I am pro-cure. Also, animals do not have to suffer in the process of finding cures for diseases when utelising stem cell research methods.
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I am all for it, as long as it does not break ethical boundaries.
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Yes
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Yes. Hooray, science!
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NO but other people are entitled to their opinions..i think its wrong because their taking young life for science
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Of course I do, I think that people who don't are uneducated on the topic and need to stop being so stubborn. Not all stem cells come from human embryos, thats just the easiest way to get them. There is another type called "Adult Stem Cells" which can be extracted from anyone. I can't remember the exacts of the topic but I know this for sure: Its definatley worth researching, embryo's or not.
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yes i don't see whats wrong with it
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Sure do.
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yes, but not using those of unwanted foetuses...that is opening a can of worms that could end up in places we do not want to go...how about a placenta donor system the same as organ donors, so that ALL placentas can have their stem cells extracted.
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i know little on the subject, only that it may produce results that could better medical research. so yes im all for it.
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Yes I do most strongly, I believe therebye leads the answer to many cures that we desperately need to investigate.
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I'm for it, with Embryonic stem cells the little embryos would sit and rot in the laboratories anyway let them be used for something helpful. I had a lady in one of my classes that had a procedure done with Adult Stem Cells (I can't remember what she had) and stem cells saved her life.
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Im all for it 200%
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Im all for it. Nothing is harmed, and even so, screw ethics, if it saves many many lives.
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yes yes yes!!!
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.. and its implementation.
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honestly i don't know enough about the procedure done to really have an opinion. i know its benefits supposedly, but i also hear how it's murder and all that. i'd rather find out for myself before making a yes or no decision.
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Only if it can be done without killing a baby.
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My opinion is that whatever we can do to help the living improve the quality of their lives then we should do it. This is one of the murkiest moral dilemmas that society faces today.
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im for it.
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I believe that it shows a lot of promise.
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Stem cells yes, embryo no.
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For it..even Nancy Reagan (as Republican as they come) is for it..of course she would be..Alzheimer's is a terrible disease and as she was her husband's caretaker she knows intimately the pain and suffering her husband endured..Michael J. Fox has been lobbying for it for years! :)
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Definitely support it, although I know it's a thorny issue!
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i believe that we should be able to do stem cell research if it can lead to helping those who are alive and need it right now...i am definitly for it
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This is one area where I completely disagree with the current administration. I believe stemm cell research should get as much funding as possible.
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A step too far.
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I am informed on the subject. I have in fact participated in a debate on the subject. I support adult stem cell research, but I am still uncertain how I feel about embryonic stem cell research. I believe it has the possibility to cure millions, yet their is the question of the ethical part of the matter. From one point of view, it is stupid to not agree, and from the other stupid to agree. We have learned a great deal from adult stem cells, however embryonic stem cells would provide more insight into this. For those who believe it is killing a person, the embryo is taken before it lodges itself inside the uterus wall, and there is a possibility it never would have. Therefore, it cannot be stated that you killed a person, seeing as how that "person" might not have become a person to begin with. Plus, although it may kill a few "people", embryonic stem cell research has the possibility of helping millions. I do support stem cell research, although, still, I am uncertain as to how I feel about embryonic stem cell research.
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Yes. There's nothing immoral about it, despite what people seem to think.
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yes i support any reseach that has the potetial to save lives.
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Yes... + 5
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Not if it requires the killing of embryoes
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Absolutely!
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