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in death is a wise safeguard. In the early part of the twentieth century, rationalizations abounded in medical literature that def...

In eight pages this paper examines justification for stem cell research and argues that it is an ethically acceptable practice. T...

the most promising areas of scientific investigation that is currently being conducted, as the benefits from this line of research...

most promising, as well as one of the most controversial, areas of contemporary scientific investigation. The potential for medica...

Stem cells offer tremendous potential to the human condition. Stem cell research offers a potential benefit...

This paper reviews the important criteria of Essentials VIII professionalism and discusses how they apply to nurses working with p...

of medical advancement that purports to save lives, the necessary research requires the taking of other lives, which presents a di...

lead to successful treatment for Alzheimers disease, as well as the possibility of being able to grow lungs for transplantation pu...

retina. The cells, which support the light-sensing rod and cone cells above them, are damaged in some forms of macular degeneratio...

at the moment of birth, then there is no ethical dilemma with abortion. The ethics of the matter come down to a definition, which...

acceptability; however, this is not enough reason to postpone the favorable results that have already been discovered as the ethic...

effectiveness is directly impacted by provisions for quality assurance. For the most optimum outcome stem cell research must yiel...

cell research "burst on the scientific scene in November of 1998 when researchers first reported the isolation of human embryonic ...

fetal stem cells raises the ethical problems surrounding abortion. This presented a scenario where politicians found themselves p...

through experiments with mice; they specifically worked to correct the gene that prevents the growth of tumors (Aldhous, 2006). Sc...

and diabetes may even be cured through this type of research. Often, scientists stumble on remedies while just exploring general i...

though the use of morphine in these amounts would ultimately result in my uncles death, in reality there were few other options th...

place, researchers injected a toxin into the monkeys brains, then transplanted "3 million cells into the brains of five of the mon...

of an action, but there is no obvious reason to suppose that intentions, but not motives, are especially strongly connected to the...

who have thought ahead and had their childs umbilical cord preserved for the use of the stem cells in the future (All About Popula...

the course of a definite period of time (Steinbeck 26). The utility of stem cells derives from the fact that embryo cells at this ...

destruction of blastocysts formed from laboratory-fertilized human eggs. For those who believe that life begins at conception, the...

of stem cell research. These first three chapters benefit from the contributions of James Thompson himself (the man that first is...

cells, go through some other stages until they reach a stage where it is possible to pick up a stem cell with a pipette, a very s...

reported in an episode of Frontline on Parkinsons disease, which has a very personal significance for him because Iverson is himse...

In recent times stem cell research has become a very important, and controversial, scientific pursuit. There are many individuals ...

to further complicate the dilemma that stem cell research represents. These concerns include such questions as what should be don...

heal without scarring (Muneoka 56; Pilcher 42). Unfortunately, embryonic stem cell research is an ethical quagmire. Stem cell ...

The ability to transplant a human organ from one body to another is one of the...

the childs life. Children are not simply adults in miniature, as their bodies and organ function are in a continual state of deve...