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Stem Cell Research

Stem Cell Research Paper

Stem cell research has been quite a controversial topic since its origin in the 1960s by Gopal Das and Joseph Altman. Of course, anything that uses a human embryo would be. Stem cell research could open a vast number of new doors for modern science; it could let us test new drugs, one of which could be the unfound cure for AIDS or Alzheimer’s disease. However, this branch of science comes at a high price, the price of a human life that is only five to six days
old (NIH). It is quite nearly impossible to take a stand in this argument from an unbiased viewpoint.

What is a stem cell? A stem cell is an unspecialized cell,...

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