- Additional Authors
- Langwith, Jacqueline.
- Description
- 1 online resource (262 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- Opposing viewpoints series
- Uniform Title
- Stem cells (Online)
- Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-246) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- ch. 1. Will stem cells cure disease? -- 1. Stem cells will soon provide cures for many diseases / Stem Cell Research Foundation -- 2. The promise of stem cells is exaggerated / Peter Aldhous -- 3. Embryonic stem cell research is necessary to find a diabetes cure / Robert Goldstein -- 4. Nonembryonic stem cell research can find a diabetes cure / Dave Andrusko -- 5. Embryonic stem cell research may one day cure Alzheimer's disease / Sharon Begley -- 6. Embryonic stem cell research is unlikely to cure Alzheimer's disease / Rick Weiss -- ch. 2. What ethical and moral questions surround stem cell research? -- 1. Destroying embryos in order to obtain stem cells is immoral / William Cheshire -- 2. Destroying embryos in order to obtain stem cells is not immoral / Jonathon D. Moreno, Sam Berger -- 3. Therapeutic cloning to obtain embryonic stem cells is immoral / David A. Prentice, William Saunders -- 4. Therapeutic cloning to obtain embryonic stem cells is not immoral / Michael J. Sandel -- 5. Stem cell treatments threaten human morality / Paul Lauritzen -- 6. Stem cell treatments do not threaten human morality / Susan Squier, Catherine Waldby, Anita Silvers -- 7. Altered nuclear transfer is a moral way to obtain embryonic stem cells / E. Christian Brugger -- ch. 3. What role should the government play in stem cell research? -- 1. U.S. stem cell policy is moral / George W. Bush -- 2. U.S. stem cell policy is morally inconsistent / Arthur Caplan -- 3. The current number of federally approved stem cell lines is inadequate / Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International -- 4. The number of federally approved stem cell lines should not be increased / Eric Cohen -- 5. Americans favor government support of human embryonic stem cell research / Civil Society Institute/Results for America -- 6. Americans do not favor government support of human embryonic stem cell research / United States Conference of Catholic Bishops -- 7. U.S. policy is hurting stem cell research in the United States / Gareth Cook -- 8. U.S Policy is not hurting stem cell research in the United States / Do No Harm : The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics -- ch. 4. Are there alternatives to embryonic stem cells? -- 1. Adult stem cells are more promising than embryonic stem cells / Jean Peduzzi-Nelson -- 2. Adult stem cells are not more promising than embryonic stem cells / William B. Neaves -- 3. Fetal stem cells are a promising alternative to embryonic stem cells / Business Week -- 4. Stem cells should not be harvested from artificially grown fetuses / Robert P. George -- 5. Umbilical cord stem cells are more beneficial than embryonic stem cells / Peter Hollands, interviewed by Peter J. Smith -- 6. Umbilical cord stem cells cannot replace embryonic stem cells / K. Welte, World Marrow Donor Association -- 7. Amniotic fluid stem cells may replace embryonic stem cells / Mary Carmichael.
- LCCN
- 2007002991
- OCLC
- ssj0001075506
- Title
Stem cells [electronic resource] / Jacqueline Langwith, book editor.
- Imprint
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2007.
- Series
Opposing viewpoints series
Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-246) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Langwith, Jacqueline.