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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) —
The debate over the ethics of
stem-cell research intensified
Wednesday with word that Vir
ginia scientists have created hu
man embryos in the lab solely
for the valuable cells.
Medical ethicists say the de
velopment complicates the issue
at a time when President Bush is
weighing whether federal mon
ey should be used for research
on embryonic stem cells.
Patient groups favor such re
search because of its break
through potential in treating
diseases, while anti-abortion
groups and others call such work
unethical because it entails de
stroying the embryos.
“The timing of this has been
somewhere between disastrous
and horrific,” said Arthur Ca-
plan, a medical ethicist at the
University of Pennsylvania. The
development “throws every
thing in an uproar” and gives
ammunition to those who argue
that researchers are headed
down a slippery slope.
Embryonic stem cells can
mature into any cell or tissue. As
a result, scientists say they some
day may be used to repair or re
place damaged tissue or organs
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evolved with
almost no regula
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custody disputes
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director of bioethics at
University of Miami
in victims of Parkinsons disease,
Alzheimer’s, diabetes, cancer
and spinal cord injuries.
Until now, researchers de
rived embryonic stem cells most
ly from embryos left over from
infertility treatments. Other re
searchers have derived stem cells
from other sources, such as fat
cells, bone marrow and aborted
fetuses, though the embryonic
stem cells are the most useful.
In the Virginia case, scientists
approached donors and in
formed them that their eggs and
sperm would be used to develop
embryos for stem-cell research.
Religious broadcaster Pat
Robertson criticized the devel
opment on his “700 Club tele
vision show Wednesday. ‘ We re
on the slippery slope now, he
said. “Before long, we’ll be har
vesting body parts from fully
formed people, not just from
something in a petri dish. Once
you begin this concept of utili
tarian use of cells, then every
thing is up for grabs.”
Kenneth Goodman, director
of bioethics at the University of
Miami, said such research il
lustrates the need for federal
guidelines.
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dustry evolved with almost no
regulation, which is why you
have bizarre custody disputes
over fertilized eggs in refrigera
tors,” Goodman said. “Society, in
the form of government,
oversee and regulates
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ment now not to support
therefore oversee—stem
search would he another
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