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__**Stem Cell Research **__

__ **What is a stem cell?** __
- Stem cells are cells that have the ability to develop into many different cell types in the body. Serving as a sort of repair system for the body, they can divide without limit to replenish other cells for as long as the person or animal is still alive. They can be found in umbilical cords, bone marrow, fetal tissue, and skeletal muscle.  

__ **Advantages of Stem Cell Research** __
Stem cells have been promoted as a cure for many diseases. They have the ability to grow into different tissues that may be damaged do to certain illnesses or injuries. These are, but are not limited to, breaking your back, heart disease, burns, strokes, diabeties, and arthritis. Although this may not fix these illnesses or injuries completely, it will help to make the person's life a more peaceful one, because more often than not the illness or injury will not become worse once stem cells are used.

__ **Disadvantages of Stem Cell Research** __
- The use of human embryonic stem cells from a random embryo donor are likely to be rejected after transplantation, because of immunogenic. For some people using embryos for stem cells is killing a human life. These type of stem cells may promot tumor formation, and also you may not be able to tell what type of tissue the stem cell will become. It may not become the type of tissue that will help the recipient.

__ **Laws on Stem Cell Research** __
- Laws on stem cell research differ from state to state. This is because each state has the right to make their own laws on this subject. For example, Pennsylvania does not allow research to be done on live embryos or fetuses, but there is no law on research on aborted fetuses or non-living fetuses. The only limit that there is, is that these research companies will not reseave federal funding for their research on fetal stem cells. 

__** Our Opinion **__
- We believe that stem cell research on living fetuses is wrong, and there should be laws to limit this research, but we think that research should be aloud to be done on aborted fetuses, since they do not have the chance of having a life. Although it is possible to create spare human for the use of there parts for other humans, we think that this should not be done since this is highly unethical. The humans that are grown in the labs have a chance of life. We should not take this away from them, or take away what they could do for the world.

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