MICROBIO 160 Study Guide - Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Embryonic Stem Cell, Transdifferentiation

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Microbiology
• Course: MICROBIO 160
• Professor: Mitchell Walkowicz

Document Summary

Some scientists see infinite value in stem cell research to fully understand human development and the growth and treatment of diseases: the risks and arguments against using stem cells are that it can be considered the. Murder of human life , and that life should begin at conception, and that destruction of pre-born life is morally unacceptable. Some scientists believe it is immoral to destroy a. Newborn human embryo, even to save or reduce suffering in existing human life: reasons to use embryonic stem cells in research and manufacturing include: Stem cell research can potentially treat various medical problems. Provides a new and beneficial industry to the pharmaceutical/medical companies. Reasons to not use stem cells in research and manufacturing include: Argument that it is too far in the future, and can lead to knowledge on how to clone humans, which some scientists do not want.