Studies on mice have shown promise that stem cells can be used to repair diseases in mammals. While no clinical trials of embryonic stem cells have occurred in the United States, scientists are convinced that some of the most debilitating and degenerative diseases are too complex to be effectively treated with pharmaceuticals or even gene therapy. Living cells work better because they produce a much greater number of ôbiologically active molecules,ö (Rennie, & Barber, 2005, p. A8). However, if scientists one day achieve their goal, the kind of cell transplantation occurring in experiments with mice might be successful in humans, promising potential cures for brain disease, diabetes, cancer and other illnesses and condi

Rennie, J., & Barber, L., (Eds.). (2005, Jul). The future of stem cells. Scientific American, A1-A35.

In addition, those who opposed to the use of fetal tissue for pluripotent stem cells are primarily opposed to it on religious or ethical grounds. Religion has failed to withstand closer scrutiny in the modern age, from Islamic fundamentalism raising a breed of suicide bombers and the Catholic Church in disgrace over convictions against numerous priests for pedophilic acts. As such, MillÆs theory of utility might argue that stem cell research benefits the greatest number of people with the least amount of cost than using religion as a moral cloak to stop it when those cloaked in such robes are often immoral and corrupt. The issue will not be resolved soon because of its complexity, but I am in fully agreement with using embryonic stem cell technology.

In Asia and the U.K. stem cell research proceeds at a more rapid pace than in the U.S. where BushÆs restrictions have ca