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The following is a page set up to consider the arguments about Stem Cells and their use in medicine and the ethical questions that arise. There are a number of resources linked to this page.

Some documentation

Some images
  • Pluripotent Stem cells - view
  • Blastocyst - view
  • Zygote, Embryo or baby? - view
  • Stem Cells growing - view
  • Daily Mail front page: November 19th, 2008 - view

Some web links
  • Stem Cell Questions: Link
  • The Stem Cell Debate: Ethical Questions: Link
  • Scientists convert stem cells into human blood enough for transfusions: Link
  • Stem Cells created from teeth: Link
  • Questions and Answer about Stem Cells from the BBC: Link
  • The Institute for Stem Cell Reseaerch: Link
  • The International Society for Stem Cell Research: Link
  • Research Ethics and Stem Cells: Link
  • Christian Medical Fellowship: Link
  • Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority: Link

Some video clips
Fr. Nicanor Austriaco on Stem Cells Ethics
Louis Guenin on Stem Cells Ethics
Tony Perkins from the Family Research Council
This speaker speaks about the basic points behind anti-embryonic stem cells.
An argument for the use of embryos in stem cell research.
A Christian organisation in the US talking about embroynic and adult Stem Cells.
03:50 - link
03:39 - link
06:00 - link
A quick powerpoint in defense of Embroynic Stem Cell Research
Sam Harris - Stem Cells and Morality
Cord Blood Stem Cell Transfusion Saves 3-Year-Old Child
This gives a simple argument from a very scientist viewpoint
A view from a scientist on questions of morality
A personal story of how stem cells have been used to cure a child
00:54 - link
03:54 - link
01:57 - link
John Polkinghorne Discusses Science and Religion
Mark Vernon : Science, Religion & the Meaning of Life
Daniel Dennett
John Polkinghorne, Physicist and Priest talks about the similarities of Science and Religion
An interview with the author about certainty and uncertainty
An interview with atheist biologist Daniel Dennentt
05:13 - link
09:16 - link
09:45 - link
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