Posted by alexandra_k on May 28, 2005, at 21:09:48
In reply to Re: Whats wrong with stem cell research, posted by Camille Dumont on May 28, 2005, at 20:52:50
> If on the one side people argue that an embryo is a human being, even when it is composed of only a few cells and that at the same time they allow scientists to create those very cells that an embryo is built from (my understand, I'm no biologist so I may be wrong) then perhaps they might think that it will weaken their stance on the abortion front.
Yup. I think I get you.
But...
Do scientists have to create those very cells in order to conduct research on them?
I didn't think that they had to. I thought they could get them from present sources (miscarrages, terminations presently performed on medical grounds, something to do with the 'leftovers' of fertility treatments - sorry an awful way of putting it... - other people will know more about this than me).
What I mean is that there are those kind of cells around just dying - why not let research be conducted on them?
The issue of whether researchers should be allowed to *make* such cells could be a seperate topic...
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