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Ethics in Science: stem cells research: Overview
Resources to support the Year 8 research study into the ethics of using stem cells.
This comprehensive site includes information about the nature of stem cells, reversing cell differentiation, a stem cell quick reference, stem cells in use and unlocking stem cell potential.
Embryonic stem cells offer hope for new therapies, but their use in research has been hotly debated.
Arguments for and against the moral status of a human embryo.
One of the main reasons, stem cell and cloning research is controversial is that such research, particularly stem cells used for therapeutic purposes, requires harvesting unfertilised eggs from human females, which brings with it a lot of ethical problems.