i had genetic engineering as a subject 8) . stem cell research in simple english is to kill a baby at its very early stage (when the cells are not differentiated into organs) and use the cells to create new organs or some part of the human body that could be replaced during a time of injury. stem cells have great potentials of growing into anything they want (totipotency) like kidney, liver, anything. doing this will give great insights to scientists of how human body parts grow and develop.
Doesnt it cost a lot of lives (babies). or is it....babies are group of differentiated stem cells with four limbs and they are not babies when the cells dont differentiate? Its the way you see it. I think stem cells research could be compared to abortion and the only difference is the time when the killing is done (earlier in case of stem cell reasearch).
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