Why is Stem Cell Research Beneficial?
The major prosStem cell research can potentially save hundreds of thousands of lives.
Drugs could be tested on stem cells to determine their safety, rather than testing them on animals or humans. Stem cells could have the potential to prevent any birth defects from occurring. |
"Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, brain and spinal cord disorders, diabetes, cancer, at least 58 diseases could potentially be cured through stem cell research, diseases that touch every family in America and in the world."
-Rosa DeLauro |
What could stem cells help cure?Although they have not "cured" many diseases yet, stem cells are on the way to actually curing them. The more research we allow to get done, the closer we will be to finding solid cures.
Stem cells could potentially cure:
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Process of how an egg becomes an embryo and then the stem cells get taken.