Embryo before birth is only cells, not a human body
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Ma
Oct 12, 2009, 5:40:13 PM10/12/09
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After reading the following article published by Nature today, I think
that I need to point the following points, no matter you readers agree
or not:
The embryo before birth is only cells, not a human body, no matter how
many days the embryo grows. It is good to protect things more, but we
cannot to keep everything. It is important for the human right
protection, but not for the embryo right protection. Embryo is not a
human body, not yet.
We cannot kill a human life for the life science research. But, it
will be OK to destroy and use the embroys in the researches.
Even the alive human, every body will be dye finally. It will be a
crime to kill alive human body for the reserch, but it can use an
embryo.
Hongbao Ma, PhD
Brooklyn, New York, USA
hon...@gmail.com
Nature 10/12/2009: Who says stem cell research is wrong? Who says it's
right?
http://www.nature.com/stemcells/2007/0706/070614/full/stemcells.2007.27.html
Some opponents of stem cell research argue that it offends human
dignity or harms or destroys human life. Proponents argue that easing
suffering and disease promotes human dignity and happiness, and that
destroying a blastocyst is not the same as taking a human life.
Photo credit: Getty
Laboratory research on adult stem cells is generally uncontroversial.
Research with human subjects becomes controversial because some
experimental "therapies" could harm patients. Debate can be
acrimonious between researchers who want to perform additional studies
on animals to try to better understand risks to humans, and those who
don't want to delay testing procedures that might help patients.
Most opponents to embryonic stem cell research think that it is wrong
to destroy a 2- to 6-day-old embryo, even if it is not destined to
start a pregnancy. Others argue that it is immoral not to do this
research, if doing so could lead to treatments for disease. The groups
disagree as to whether an early embryo deserves the same protection as
a fetus or an adult human.
The acquisition of unfertilized human eggs is another area of
controversy. The procedure to retrieve eggs from women requires a
series of drugs and surgery. Women who donate eggs face a small but
real risk of death and are certain to endure discomfort. In most
countries, women can be paid to donate eggs to infertile couples, but
many ethicists, lawyers and women's rights activists feel that women
should not be compensated for donating eggs for research. Other
ethicists, lawyers and women's rights activists feel that they should,
at least to compensate for time lost from work and other costs to
them.
To surmount the supply and ethical problems of acquiring human eggs,
some researchers have proposed inserting human nuclei into animal
eggs. Any embryonic stem cells derived would not be used for therapies
directly but instead used to conduct research that could lead to
therapies. Other researchers hope to make research-grade materials
through cell fusion or genetically engineering other types of cells.
Regulatory agencies in the UK have launched a public discussion as to
whether human-animal hybrids should be created. Researchers must agree
not to let the embryos grow past 2 weeks, and the researchers must
argue convincingly that their experiments address important questions
that could not be answered any other way. However, some people object
that mixing human nuclei with animal eggs offends human dignity or
that scientists might not follow the regulations set for these
experiments.
Ma Hongbao
10/12/2009
that I need to point the following points, no matter you readers agree
or not:
The embryo before birth is only cells, not a human body, no matter how
many days the embryo grows. It is good to protect things more, but we
cannot to keep everything. It is important for the human right
protection, but not for the embryo right protection. Embryo is not a
human body, not yet.
We cannot kill a human life for the life science research. But, it
will be OK to destroy and use the embroys in the researches.
Even the alive human, every body will be dye finally. It will be a
crime to kill alive human body for the reserch, but it can use an
embryo.
Hongbao Ma, PhD
Brooklyn, New York, USA
hon...@gmail.com
Nature 10/12/2009: Who says stem cell research is wrong? Who says it's
right?
http://www.nature.com/stemcells/2007/0706/070614/full/stemcells.2007.27.html
Some opponents of stem cell research argue that it offends human
dignity or harms or destroys human life. Proponents argue that easing
suffering and disease promotes human dignity and happiness, and that
destroying a blastocyst is not the same as taking a human life.
Photo credit: Getty
Laboratory research on adult stem cells is generally uncontroversial.
Research with human subjects becomes controversial because some
experimental "therapies" could harm patients. Debate can be
acrimonious between researchers who want to perform additional studies
on animals to try to better understand risks to humans, and those who
don't want to delay testing procedures that might help patients.
Most opponents to embryonic stem cell research think that it is wrong
to destroy a 2- to 6-day-old embryo, even if it is not destined to
start a pregnancy. Others argue that it is immoral not to do this
research, if doing so could lead to treatments for disease. The groups
disagree as to whether an early embryo deserves the same protection as
a fetus or an adult human.
The acquisition of unfertilized human eggs is another area of
controversy. The procedure to retrieve eggs from women requires a
series of drugs and surgery. Women who donate eggs face a small but
real risk of death and are certain to endure discomfort. In most
countries, women can be paid to donate eggs to infertile couples, but
many ethicists, lawyers and women's rights activists feel that women
should not be compensated for donating eggs for research. Other
ethicists, lawyers and women's rights activists feel that they should,
at least to compensate for time lost from work and other costs to
them.
To surmount the supply and ethical problems of acquiring human eggs,
some researchers have proposed inserting human nuclei into animal
eggs. Any embryonic stem cells derived would not be used for therapies
directly but instead used to conduct research that could lead to
therapies. Other researchers hope to make research-grade materials
through cell fusion or genetically engineering other types of cells.
Regulatory agencies in the UK have launched a public discussion as to
whether human-animal hybrids should be created. Researchers must agree
not to let the embryos grow past 2 weeks, and the researchers must
argue convincingly that their experiments address important questions
that could not be answered any other way. However, some people object
that mixing human nuclei with animal eggs offends human dignity or
that scientists might not follow the regulations set for these
experiments.
Ma Hongbao
10/12/2009
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