The process from embryo to stem cell starts when an egg is fertilized or cloned to form an embryo, which then divides. ... Scientists can obtain the necessary embryos needed for stem cells in four ways: through fertility clinics, aborted fetuses, cloning, or made-to-order embryos. ... Cloned human embryos are also an option as sources for stem cells, as are made-to-order embryos, created specifically for the purpose of having more sources to harvest stem cells from. ... Human embryonic stem cell research is unethical because the international consensus of embryologists i...

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Researchers don't necessarily have to clone stem cells, but it would aid in their work, making it a whole lot easier. Human cloning includes making copies of just cells. ... Cloning technology may someday be able to give "re-booted" immune systems offering new treatments for various diseases. ...

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Carol Levine, author of Taking Sides states, "The potential sources [of stem cells] are human fetal tissue following elective abortion; human embryos created by vitro fertilization, which are not gong to be implanted; human embryos created solely for this purpose; or, potentially, human or hybrid embryos created by cloning techniques."" ... Dunn said this about the funding biotechnology companies, "Real progress in therapeutic cloning requires government funding for support. [ ] Companies doing therapeutic cloning research will remain private, despite generally noble intentions, private compa...

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Another con is the fact that stem cell research could turn into full blown cloning The cloning of organs is sensible, but creating life at our convenience in case we would need a spare organ is again unethical and ridiculous. ...

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Stem cell research should not be banned because of the vast amount of benefits it can yield. Stem cells, which scientists believe could be used to treat a wide range of degenerative diseases, can potentially grow into any type of human tissue. Stem cells are extracted from embryos which some Pro-lif...

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The Benefits of Stem Cell Research Stem cells are undifferentiated, primitive cells with the ability both to multiply and to differentiate into specific kinds of cells. Stem cells hold the promise of allowing researchers to grow specialized cells or tissue, which could be used to treat injuries ...

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For example, one of the biggest threats of possible negative use is that of human cloning. ... Some fear that the research for stem cells are going to use aborted fetuses, that embryos will be manufactured for profit, or we will start cloning humans. ...

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In 2001, President Bush announced that he would allow federal funding for research on some existing embryonic stem cells, but strongly opposes human cloning, and the extraction of stem cells for scientific research. ...

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