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National Institutes of Health. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2016. <https://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/5.htm>.
Http://greengarageblog.org/author/greengarageblogadmin. "14 Key Pros and Cons of Embryonic Stem Cell Research." Green Garage. N.p., 26 Aug. 2015. Web. 06 Dec. 2016. <http://greengarageblog.org/14-key-pros-and-cons-of-embryonic-stem-cell-research>.
http://www.visionandvalues.org/2009/07/crucial-differences-between-non-embryonic-and-embryonic-stem-cells/
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/treatmenttypes/bonemarrowandperipheralbloodstemcelltransplant/stem-cell-transplant-donors
Controversies and Cons of Embryonic Stem Cells
What is an embryonic stem cell?
- Stem cells from an embryo (fertilized in virto)
- Grown by cell culture
- Stem cells are transferred at the preimplantation stage to a culture dish with culture medium
- Embyonic stem cell line - can produce millions of cells
- Scientists attempt to control differentiation of cells
- Some people feel the embryo should be considered a person, and allowed to grow into a human.
- These stem cells are taken from preimplantation-stage embryos that were not fertilized inside a human body.
- It has not yet been proven that embryonic stem cells will work.
- There is a possibility of a rejection after transplantation
What are they used for?
- Improve our understanding of how the body develops from a fertilized egg
- Develop future cell-based therapies for currently untreatable diseases
- Search for and test potential new drugs by studying cells in the laboratory
Why Embryonic instead of Adult?
- can become all types of body cells
- cell does not need to come from a certain area to become that thing
- easily grown and do not need to be harvested from a person
- volunteers are not needed
- does not require surgery to get stem cells
- healthy people do not need to experience pain