genetic engineering
By aseemkhan
@aseemkhan (218)
2 responses
@tarachand (3895)
• India
19 Apr 07
There are many issue to be considered before one can decide one way or the other. What happens when a company that has used fetal cells for research earns billions of dollars due to those efforts and the stem cells? What are the rights of the fetus, it's family, society, the corporate?
It is easy to say that society at large will benefit from a few, because most people don't belong to the group of those few.
I am not saying that I am against research, just that things have to considered from all aspect before being judgmental about issues such as these.
@Chiang_Mai_boy (3882)
• Thailand
20 Apr 07
We are not talking about fetal cells here, we are talking about a very early stage embryo. After the insemination of the egg a hand full of cells develop. The minute cell cluster measures less than 0.1 millimetre. Hundreds of these would fit in a drop of water. These are the cells scientists want to use to develop new cures for disease. This can take place in a test tube and there is no fetus involved. The people involved can work out there own arrangement with the scientists doing the research. The real issue here is should we let superstition overrule science and prevent this research.
@Chiang_Mai_boy (3882)
• Thailand
18 Apr 07
I am very much in favour of it.
Surveys have calculated how many people in the US could benefit from stem cell research: 58 million heart cases, 15 million cases of diabetes, 30 million auto-immune cases, 10 million cases of osteoporosis, 8 million cases of cancer and 1.5 million cases of Parkinson's disease.
