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What is a STEM CELL?
• A cell from a human that can become ANY cell in the body
• Sources:• Cord Blood• Adult sources• Aborted Fetuses
• Aborted are the most desirable (work the best)
Obvious Promise:• Cure Diseases
• Diabetes• Parkinson's• Certain Blindnesses• Fractures• Tissue transplants• Heart attack damage• Heart disease• Leukemia• Radiation Poisoning (infection)
• These are being cured NOW!!!
Other potential cures:
• Multiple Sclerosis• Lou Gehrig’s• Huntington’s Disease• Nerve Damage
• Hypoxia (lack of air)• Severed / paralysis
• Stroke
With all this promise, why the question?
• Obvious reasons that involve the embryo• Rights• Life?• Unwilling donor?• Method can be considered human
cloning• Example: