Stem Cells: Science, Policy and Ethics - A Bioethics Study

Running head: BIOETHICS
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Bioethics is an activity, it is a reflective and the shared examination of the ethical issues
that arise in health policy health science, health care. It has brought some of the vital changes in
the conduct of the research and the treatment of the sick. The healthcare professionals know that
the patients have the right to know what is being done to them and the patients have the right to
refuse (Nelson 2014). This assignment focusses on the bringing a summary out of a research
article titled “stem cells: science, policy and ethics”.
Abstract-The abstract of the article says that human embryonic stem cells provide the
immense opportunity for the regeneration of the damaged adult cells. Research is required in
order to identify the cell lines that are viable that and pluripotent and will help in cell
differentiation of the stem cell. The article also emphasizes that for the creation of the new cell
lines, it is vital to emliminate the preimplantation blastocysts. As a result of which a debate arises
that threatens to hinder embryonic stem cell research and the ethical issues that are raised has
called for a dispassionate and informed debate.
stem cell research- in the biomedical science only a few subject has captured the
attention of the general public and the scientific community regarding the fact that the stem cells
are capable of repairing the damaged tissues. The stem cells provide the best option for the
restoration of the cellular function and the repair of the several disorders exhibited by the
different individuals. At the present time, it has been seen that the new cell lines production
involves the preimplantation embryo destruction at the 100 to 200 cell stage. The main debate
that comes at the forefront is the embryo’s moral status and the way they are stored in the in vitro
fertilization (IVF) and the or created through the somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). The main
question that arises is with respect to the moral status of the embryos and should the blastocysts

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can be provided with the same protection that human subjects receive (Fischbach and Fischbach
2004).
Stem cell- stem cell has two properties, the first is that single cell divide to a large number
and can produce the population that are identical. The second is that the stem cell can undergo
the asymmetric division that produces two different daughter cell lines.
Stem cells in adult tissues- these includes the bone marrow, brain, liver, intestine and
skin. The cells of the bone marrow are extensively studied for a variety of the genetic markers,
cell surfaces.
Embryonic stem cells- the hESCs’ ability is to increase to a large number within a tissue
culture and it can give rise to a large number of the cell types. these cells have become valuable
because the in vivo it triggers their differentiation (Fischbach and Fischbach 2004).
Somatic cell nuclear transfer- the nucleus from a mature cell is inserted into the
cytoplasm of an oocyte in a SCNT from which the nucleus has been removed. The fusion of the
egg nuclei and a haploid sperm has led to the formation of a diploid chromosome. In SCNT,
however the chromosome originates from the donor nucleus.
Current regulations- The present condition says that it is no research on the
preimplantation and the human embryos can be supported through the federal funds. Researchers
need to perform research based on the funds obtained from the philanthropic sources, private
foundations and businesses.
Ethical issues- in the argument of an ethical issue, a value is considered as a function
rather than a structure. For many, the blastocyst implantation in the wall of the Uterus is the best
way to define a life. In this phase an individual can be distinguished and is the stage or the point