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Stem Cell Research: Should It Be Allowed To Continue?

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On May 1st, 2014, cardiologist Dr. James Chong of the Westmead Hospital made a remarkable discovery. He took human stem cells and transplanted them to a group of monkeys with damaged hearts and found that three months later the hearts tissue had “regenerated up to 40%” (Milman 1). Therefore, Dr. Chong came to the conclusion that it could be able to work the other way around. He claims that soon stem cells from monkeys would be able to regenerate damaged human hearts. Without the funding that the government has provided, Dr. Chung and many other scientists would not have been able to make the breakthroughs in stem cell research as well as they did. By continuing the fund of stem cell research, people around would be cured of not only heart damage but other diseases such as cancer, polio, asthma, HIV/AIDS, etc. Alexander A. Maximow is the scientist credited the most for the naming of stem cells (Who Discovered 1). Dr. Maximow was not only a scientist but, a physician and a biologist as well (Who Discovered 1). On February 1, 1961, Dr. James Till and Dr. Ernest McCulloch of the OCI institute, on accident, found proof of stem cells during radiation research (Stem Cell Research Timeline 1). Scientists theorizing the idea of stem cells had occurred well before hand but there wasn’t proper technology to research these cells thoroughly. Although this was just the beginning, the research of stem cells progressed quite rapidly. Despite the speedy discoveries, many sidetracks such as congress having banned fetal tissue research on July 12, 1974 had slowed the research just a small quantity (Stem Cell Research Timeline 1). Only 14 years later, the “Human Fetal Tissue Transplantation Research Panel reopens the question and votes 18-3 to appro... ... middle of paper ... ...ogist regrows monkey hearts with human stem cells”. Guardian News and Media, 30 Apr. 2014. Web. 7 May 2014. The Guardian. "NYSTEM." What Are the Potential Benefits of Stem Cell Research?”. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2014. "Research! America." Timeline of major events in stem cell research policy. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2014. Timeline of Major Events in Stem Cell Research. "Stem Cells as Therapies." California's Stem Cell Agency. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 May 2013. Stem Cell Basics: Introduction. In Stem Cell Information [World Wide Web site]. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2002. May 5, 2014. Web. "Stem Cell Research Timeline." Stem Cell History. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2014. Stem Cell Research Timeline. "Who Discovered: Stem Cells?"Who Discovered Stem Cells?. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 May 2014. Who Discovered: Stem Cells?.
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