The Ethics Of Stem Cells - 2828 Words

As technology and science are continually progressing there are always bioethical questions that appear ranging from science related questions to morality based questions. One question that stands out is â€Å"Should scientists be held to some standard of integrity and honesty?† This is widely debated question that has been around for a while now after a lot of public controversy over past research experiments that call out the moral issues about science. People are concerned about the honesty about science of how research will be shown to society and how scientists will perform their research without being corrupt. Most of the research that scientists do is to fully understand the fundamental questions of biology and also help†¦show more content†¦In Vitro Fertilization is the largest potential source for getting blastocysts for this type of research as it provides a major source of embryonic stem cells. During nuclear transfer, the nucleus of a differentiated a dult stem cell is inserted to a donated egg that has no nucleus. This egg then is stimulated to form a blastocyst from where embryonic stem cells can be taken from. This type of procedure up to this point hasn’t been successful with human embryonic stem cells but with animals has been accomplished. The adult stem cells are found in some organs in the body and are being used in therapies to treat some diseases. Some of the known sources for adult stem cells so far are in the bone marrow, blood, brain, eyes, liver, muscle, and skin. Scientists can so far identify some stem cells by their markers and/or by their behavior in laboratories but yet finding stem cells is still difficult. Research on stem cells is widely pursued because it is known that most diseases arise through loss of single type of cell or tissue so scientists are hopeful that by using stem cells major diseases could be cured with therapies involving these cells. So far success has been established through bl ood and skin transplants that have been able to help people which have given hope for more therapies for different diseases. Victims of severe burns have been able to see benefits from this as this technology has let them receive skin