- but: alternatives, e.g. adult stem cell research
- because: resources could be used in a better way
- but: embryonic stem cells have a higher power
- because: alternatives are more promising
- because: adult stem cell research has produced therapies
- because: no spectacular result so far
- but: adult stem cell studies have a much longer history
- but: embryonic stem cells are more superior
- because: easier to be isolated and preserved
- because: difference in proportion
- because: can treat wider range of diseases
- because: higher malleability
- because: more useful for nervous system therapies
- but: may be rejected by the immune system
- because: more capable in offering immediate treatment
- because: easier to generate large numbers of cells
- because: embryonic stem cells divide more rapidly
- because: more effective in treating genetic disorders
- because: DNA abnormalities
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- because: embryo less valuable than child or adult
- because: embryos cannot exist outside the womb
- but: embryo is a life, just as much as a child or adult
- but: embryo no brain activity til 54 days
Embryonic stem cell research should be supported and funded by the government - because: benefits of stem cell research outweigh the cost
- because: existing disease cost more than destroying embryos
- because: embryonic stem cells useful to treat diseases
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- but: violates the sanctity of life
- but: unused embryos destructed anyway
- but: alleviation of suffering, treatment of diseases
- because: constitutes murder
- because: necessitates destruction of embryo
- because: new techniques: no destruction of embryo
- because: transferring somatic cell nucleus
- because: (co) an embryo is a life
- but: an embryo is not fully human
- because: not able to think and feel
- because: incapable of existing outside the womb
- because: an embryo will develop into adult
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