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What are some ethical problems with stem cells?
Current ethical controversies regarding stem cell-based therapy are focused on the unlimited differentiation potential of iPSCs which can be used in human cloning, as a risk for generation of human embryos and human-animal chimeras.
What ethical principles are violated by stem cell research?
Since an embryo is regarded as a human being with morally obligated rights, the Principle of Beneficence is violated, and the autonomy and welfare of the embryo is not respected due to the destruction of an embryo in stem cell research.
What are the ethical issues with stem cells for kids?
Ethical concerns The procedure to obtain embryonic stem cells results in the destruction of the embryo. For this reason, people who consider early-stage human embryos to be human beings generally believe that such work is morally wrong. Other people regard the blastocysts as simply a collection of human cells.
What are the ethical issues of stem cells GCSE?
Ethical issues A source of embryonic stem cell is unused embryos produced by in vitro fertilisation. For therapeutic cloning, is it right to create embryos for therapy, and destroy them in the process? Embryos could come to be viewed as a commodity, and not as an embryo that could develop into a person.