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__**WHAT ARE STEM CELLS?**__

Stem cells have potential to develop into many different cell types in the body during early life growth. When a stem cell divides, each new cell has the potential to stay a stem cell or become another type of cell with a more specializd function, such as muscle, red blood or brain cells.

__**WHAT IS STEM CELL RESEARCH?**__

Stem cell research is used for investigation of basic cells. the cells are grown in laboratories where tests are carried out to investigate the cells.

__**WHERE DO STEM CELLS COME FROM?**__

EMBRYO- There are several places you can find stem cells. Pluripotent (biology capable of differentiating into different types of body cells) stem cells can be found from human embyos that are a few days old.

UMBILICAL CORD- Umbilical cord blood contains stem cells similar to bone marrow.

ADULT- Many adult tissues contain stem cells.

**__PROS AND CONS:__**

__PROS:__ //Stem cell research can potentially help treat a range of medical problems. it could lead humanity to better treatment and possibly cure a number of diseases://
 * Parkinsons Disease
 * Alzheimers Diseas
 * Heart Diseases, Stroke and Type 1 Diabetes
 * Birth Defects
 * Spinal Cord Injuries
 * Replace or Repair Damaged Organs
 * Stem Cells may play major rolls in cancer

//Better treatment of these diseases could also give social benifits for individuals and gains for society.//

__CONS:__
 * "We should not mess with human life"
 * "Humans should not be trying to play god"
 * Some argue that stem cell research in the far future can lead to knowledge on how to clone humans. It is hard to say whether this is true, but we have seen the consequences of other research programs, even with good intentions, such as nuclear research.

__**WHAT STEM CELL RESEARCH CAN ACHEIVE!!!**__

**One thing stem cell research has helped achieve...** **some scientists in calafornia did and experiment on stem cell research** **but using human stem cell to help labatory rats who had paralized hind legs** **and by using human stem cells it helped the rats walk again.**

__**HOW STEM CELL RESEARCH HELPED A MAN!**__

**TODAY- A man lies dying of liver failure in a hospital. ** **There is a little expectationthat he will be one of the lucky few** **to recieve transplant before he becomes to sick to save.** **Even if he did recieve the transplant he will have to take** **anti-regection drugs for the rest of his life,** **which will compromise his helth.**

**TOMORROW- scientists devolop a method to build ** **this mad a new liver,one that will be a perfect match for him,** **he will not have to take any anti-regections whatsoever.** **But to perfect the solution it would need to destruct other lives.**

__**WHAT DO CATHOLIC CHURCHES THINK OF STEM CELL RESEACH?**__

The catholic church is concerned with the protection of all the innocent human life. Scientific research is important, but it can never come at the expence of the weakest among us. The catholic church has no controvesy with non embryonic research. The opposition has consistly disagreed with embryonic stem cell research.

__**WHAT DOES THE GOVERNMENT THINK OF STEM CELL RESEARCH?**__

US government funding for research using embryonic stem cell has been thrown into disarray after a judge ruled that violates laws prohibiting the destruction of human embryos.

__BIBLIOGRAPHY__

http://www.allaboutpopularissues.org/where-do-stem-cells-come-from-faq.htm

http://www.experiment-resources.com/stem-cell-pros-and-cons.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://dictio [] nary.reference.com/

"medical miracles dont just happen overnight"- barack obama said he is allowing federal taxpayer dollars to fund broader research on embryonic stem cell research. 'will support scientists who pursue this research"