JPHamlett
03-09-2010, 10:21 PM
heres my paper for my english class tell me what you think I would put it in code tags but it looks weird if you do
A nurse walks into a patients room to find to her surprise that the patient was gone. She checked with all the nursing staff and they all said that Mr. Winters had checked out. "That's weird" she said to herself "Mr Winters was a terminally ill cancer patient. Why would he check out?" She finished up her work day and headed home. On the way home she was shocked to find Mr Winters walking around like he was never sick at all. Innocent adults and children are suffering and dieing in our hospitals everyday. This tragedy can be avoided if stem cell research is less restricted. Stem cells should be used to improve life as we know it. Stem cells can be used to cure diseases, however some people say that we should not use stem cells because of its morality.
Research on human stem cells is a necessity to enhance the human life. Embryos are being thrown out and not begin used for research. Gary Pettett, a neonatologist at the Center for Practical Bioethics, stated, “If you were to leave … [a] fertilized blastocyst in the petri dish and provide it with nutrients and go away for a trip to the beach, you won't come back and find your son or daughter in the petri dish, it will reach a stage where it will simply die’” (Cemmit 6). In other words the unused embryos will just be discarded and not used to possibly find cures for diseases. Only one of the thousands of embryos are implanted in the uterus the other are thrown away (“Human Embryonic”, 2). AAAS’ Leshner says that approximately “400,000 unused IVF embryos” are discarded every year (Cemmit 7). We as people have a choice, throw out the embryos or use them to give people a chance to survive a traumatic disease. Furthermore we have a chance to advance in the field of science with guidelines (Cemmitt 6). Most people want to go beyond George W. Bush's "limit on stem cell research" ("Human Embryonic 1). If people want to go beyond his limits why don't we? Research on human embryos can enhance the human life dramatically.
Research on stem cells is controversial because of it morality. Human Embryos can not feel pain. At 14 days the nervous system begins to appear, before that there is no pain for the embryo. Also three days after fertilization the blastocyst isn't "even an embryo" ("Human Embryonic" 2) yet. A few of the cells will become the placenta which is discarded on birth. Third the blastocyst is not viewed at the same moral level as living humans. People don't grieve over miscarriages and other early terminated pregnancies. Which suggests that people view embryos as different from people(Cemmit 6). The other side of the argument states that possible treatment is causing people to forget about their morals(Cemmitt 6). People are so focused on getting to the cure for many diseases and stop the organ deficit that they forget that is a potential person their are dealing with.
In conclusion stem cells are valuable and need to be used to help people. The reasons being stem cells can enhance human life, but some people are arguing if stem cells should be used based on it morality. Scientists have come along way and are very close to making a huge break through in the scientific fields of stem cell research. The nurse went and talked to Mr winters and discovered that he was cured using stem cells.
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Work Cited ( not done)
"Americans Favor Government Support of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research." Resultsforamerica.org. 15 Feb 2005. 22 Feb 2010. Web.
Clemmitt, Marcia. " Stem Cell Research." L:ibrary.cqpress.com. The CQ Researcher Online. 1 Sept 2006. 22 Feb 2010. Web.
"Fetal Tissue Research Will Befit Medical Science." Geneletter.com. Feb 1999. 22 Feb 2010. Web.
Clemmitt, M. (2006, September 1). Stem cell research. CQ Researcher, 16, 697-720. Retrieved March 9, 2010, from CQ Researcher Online, http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2006090100.
Source Citation:
Civil Society Institute/Results for America. "Americans Favor Government Support of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research." Opposing Viewpoints: Stem Cells. Ed. Jacqueline Langwith. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2007. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Eastview High School. 19 Feb. 2010 <http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T010&prodId=OVRC&docId=EJ3010453223&source=gale&srcprod=OVRC&userGroupName=mnkeviewhi&version=1.0>.
Wertz, Dorothy C. "Fetal Tissue Research Will Benefit Medical Science." Current Controversies: The Abortion Controversy. Ed. Lynette Knapp. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2001. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Eastview High School. 24 Feb. 2010 <http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T010&prodId=OVRC&docId=EJ3010034222&source=gale&userGroupName=mnkeviewhi&version=1.0>.
A nurse walks into a patients room to find to her surprise that the patient was gone. She checked with all the nursing staff and they all said that Mr. Winters had checked out. "That's weird" she said to herself "Mr Winters was a terminally ill cancer patient. Why would he check out?" She finished up her work day and headed home. On the way home she was shocked to find Mr Winters walking around like he was never sick at all. Innocent adults and children are suffering and dieing in our hospitals everyday. This tragedy can be avoided if stem cell research is less restricted. Stem cells should be used to improve life as we know it. Stem cells can be used to cure diseases, however some people say that we should not use stem cells because of its morality.
Research on human stem cells is a necessity to enhance the human life. Embryos are being thrown out and not begin used for research. Gary Pettett, a neonatologist at the Center for Practical Bioethics, stated, “If you were to leave … [a] fertilized blastocyst in the petri dish and provide it with nutrients and go away for a trip to the beach, you won't come back and find your son or daughter in the petri dish, it will reach a stage where it will simply die’” (Cemmit 6). In other words the unused embryos will just be discarded and not used to possibly find cures for diseases. Only one of the thousands of embryos are implanted in the uterus the other are thrown away (“Human Embryonic”, 2). AAAS’ Leshner says that approximately “400,000 unused IVF embryos” are discarded every year (Cemmit 7). We as people have a choice, throw out the embryos or use them to give people a chance to survive a traumatic disease. Furthermore we have a chance to advance in the field of science with guidelines (Cemmitt 6). Most people want to go beyond George W. Bush's "limit on stem cell research" ("Human Embryonic 1). If people want to go beyond his limits why don't we? Research on human embryos can enhance the human life dramatically.
Research on stem cells is controversial because of it morality. Human Embryos can not feel pain. At 14 days the nervous system begins to appear, before that there is no pain for the embryo. Also three days after fertilization the blastocyst isn't "even an embryo" ("Human Embryonic" 2) yet. A few of the cells will become the placenta which is discarded on birth. Third the blastocyst is not viewed at the same moral level as living humans. People don't grieve over miscarriages and other early terminated pregnancies. Which suggests that people view embryos as different from people(Cemmit 6). The other side of the argument states that possible treatment is causing people to forget about their morals(Cemmitt 6). People are so focused on getting to the cure for many diseases and stop the organ deficit that they forget that is a potential person their are dealing with.
In conclusion stem cells are valuable and need to be used to help people. The reasons being stem cells can enhance human life, but some people are arguing if stem cells should be used based on it morality. Scientists have come along way and are very close to making a huge break through in the scientific fields of stem cell research. The nurse went and talked to Mr winters and discovered that he was cured using stem cells.
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Work Cited ( not done)
"Americans Favor Government Support of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research." Resultsforamerica.org. 15 Feb 2005. 22 Feb 2010. Web.
Clemmitt, Marcia. " Stem Cell Research." L:ibrary.cqpress.com. The CQ Researcher Online. 1 Sept 2006. 22 Feb 2010. Web.
"Fetal Tissue Research Will Befit Medical Science." Geneletter.com. Feb 1999. 22 Feb 2010. Web.
Clemmitt, M. (2006, September 1). Stem cell research. CQ Researcher, 16, 697-720. Retrieved March 9, 2010, from CQ Researcher Online, http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2006090100.
Source Citation:
Civil Society Institute/Results for America. "Americans Favor Government Support of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research." Opposing Viewpoints: Stem Cells. Ed. Jacqueline Langwith. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2007. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Eastview High School. 19 Feb. 2010 <http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T010&prodId=OVRC&docId=EJ3010453223&source=gale&srcprod=OVRC&userGroupName=mnkeviewhi&version=1.0>.
Wertz, Dorothy C. "Fetal Tissue Research Will Benefit Medical Science." Current Controversies: The Abortion Controversy. Ed. Lynette Knapp. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2001. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Eastview High School. 24 Feb. 2010 <http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T010&prodId=OVRC&docId=EJ3010034222&source=gale&userGroupName=mnkeviewhi&version=1.0>.