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Why Is Embryonic Stem Cell Research Opposed? 

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Some people oppose embryonic stem cell research on religious grounds. 

Some people are fearful of human embryonic stem cell research, because they fear that it may lead to human cloning. 

People should be able to understand that cultivating embryonic stem cells seem linked to cloning, but they are actually separate technologies. 

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Posted by:  reejatharu  Posted on: 08/24/2010
we can get totipotent stem cells from human embryos that are created invitro in ART labs.


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Posted by:  Namithann  Posted on: 05/25/2010
A fertilised egg has totipotency, or total potential for about four days. Days after fertilisation,the totipotent stem cell divides and then matures to cause more specialised stem cells called pluripotent stem cells.Basically, the pluripotent stem cell can do everything the totipotent one can except for creating an entire organism.


so, how can we take totipotent cells frm a human? is tht practically possible? if we could, it wud be great, isn't it?



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Posted by:  guest  Posted on: 10/08/2007
ESC research only "does not involve cloning" if you redefine 'cloning.' Most people understand that it is making a 'copy' of someone's DNA. To use ESC's therapeutically, they must be 'recognized' by the cells of the end user - the simplest way is to 'clone' his/her DNA. And insert it into an available egg (and where are all these human eggs going to come from? 3rd-world women?)




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