1. STEM CELL RESEARCH MAKING THE SACRIFICE

2. THE HOPE CURE FOR IMPERVIOUS GENETIC DISEASE ALZHEIMER’S PARKINSON’S DIABETES REPAIR FOR INJURIES SPINAL CORD INJURY HEART MUSCLES

3. NATURE OF STEM CELLS CELLS DEVELOP SPECIALIZATIONS EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANS PLURIPOTENT EARLY IN EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT 64 CELLS CAN BECOME ANY TYPE OF CELL

4. SSOURCE OF STEM CELLS EMBRYONIC ALL CELLS BEFORE SPECIALIZATION ADULT STEM CELLS SKIN LIPIDS RESEARCH LINES DEVELOPED FROM SOURCE. HOW LONG WILL THEY LAST?

5. TECHNIQUE BREAK THE “WHOLE” APART DESTRUCTION OF THE “WHOLE” DESTRUCTION OF THE EMBRYO HARVEST THE STEM CELLS CULTIVATE THEM REPRODUCE THEMSELVES ADJUST THE REGULATORY MECHANISMS PRODUCE DESIRED CELLS TRANSFER INTO DAMAGED TISSUE

6. ETHICAL ISSUES DESTRUCTION OF EARLY EMBRYO BEFORE DIFFERENTIATION ABORTION = ALL RELATED ISSUES SACRIFICE “LIFE” FOR THERAPY UTILITARIAN CALCULATION RECEIVING BENEFIT FROM STEM CELL RESEARCH

7. POLITICS G.W. BUSH STOPPED FEDERAL FUNDING OF DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CELL LINES – AUGUST 10, 2001 MORALLY RELEVANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRE- 8/10 AND POST-8/10? EMBRYOS ALREADY DESTROYED? IMPOSITION OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS? CALIFORNIA $3 BILLION FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH WILL OF THE PEOPLE OTHER NATIONS