therapy, miracle drugs, exotic therapies, etc. One of the most significant breakthroughs

came in November 1998, when two separate researchers successfully isolated stem

cells from human embryos and aborted fetuses. Stem cells are primordial cells of a

human organism, which are capable of becoming all or most of the 210 different kinds

of tissues in the human body. Stem cells have been defined as not fully differentiated

yet to be any particular type of tissue or cell. They range from “totipotent, i.e. ( the

early stages of the human embryo up to about 4 days after conception.) To pluripotent

I.e. (a bit older and therefore only capable of being some cells or tissues in the

body.) As in the 5-7 day blastocyst stage of the early embryo, with decreasing

capacity in later stages of fetal development and in human beings.

The impassioned hopes are that these stem cells can be used to great

advantages. The cautious fears are that innocent and vulnerable human beings are

destroyed, and needlessly so, in the process.

The debates are raging. Many people are confused about what stem cell research

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