Wise ol’ owl asked:


People are getting angry because they aren’t told the whole truth. Most people who are against stem cell research are against embryonic stem cell research. This has been proven not to be effective, however adult stem cell research has proven to be quite a help for us all. Why not tell the whole truth and let people base their opinions on truth?
BIOLOGY & MEDICINE

The Case for Adult Stem Cell Research

by Wolfgang Lillge, M.D.

(Full text of article from Winter 2001-2002 21st Century)

What Are Stem Cells, Exactly?
Problems of ‘Therapeutic Cloning’

Whoever Would Cure, Must Use Adult Stem Cells

Human Treatments

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The question of stem cells is currently the dominant subject in the debate over biotechnology and human genetics: Should we use embryonic stem cells or adult stem cells for future medical therapies? Embryonic stem cells are taken from a developing embryo at the blastocyst stage, destroying the embryo, a developing human life. Adult stem cells, on the other hand, are found in all tissues of the growing human being and, according to latest reports, also have the potential to transform themselves into practically all other cell types, or revert to being stem cells with greater reproductive capacity. Embryonic stem cells have not

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