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Debates Concerning Embryonic Research

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with the ethical debates underway in the human embryonic research fields, this question assumes paramount importance. If the various sides of the debate cannot come to some agreement or compromise,  then much research that could be done for the good of mankind may never be realized. As early as 1998 this debate was being waged over the use of stem  cells taken from the delivered placentas. However, the early results are promising for the new research that could be done. Scientists are stating that it is now possible to grow  tissues that will not trigger the rejective phase that is possible with a transplant. Already these techniques have produced replacement cells that were successfully grafted onto a damaged mouse  heart, and analogous experiments may be tried before long on a human heart(Science, 1998). Other possibilities include transplanting viable cells into the brain of those suffering from Parkinsons Disease and  Alzheimers. Where the governmentally funded research companies are now stalled while the debate rages, privatized groups sponsored by large conglomerates have developed a patent on this tissue regeneration and stem  cell based research which have produced remarkable results. As a result, the stem cells are considered commercial property, which has everyone alarmed. These cells, it should be stated, are not  developed fetuses, but are only the stem cells that differentiate into the various structures that eventually do become organized into specialized organs. In other words, stem cells hold the power  of creation in their cellular hands. In 1999, John Childress, Ph.D. Commissioner, National Bioethics Advisory Commission Before The Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education of the  Committee on Appropriations United States Senate, addressed congress about the use of stem cells in the ongoing research around the country and around the world. He states that while their