The end of a life to fix another one :

Fair or not?

Integrants: Claudia Rodriguez*

Cindy Lozano*

Ilmia Alonso**

Maydelis Leon

Aylin Acosta

Catherine

What are stem cells and what are they used for?

Stem cells are cells that are able to differentiate into specialized cell types but also retain the ability to renew themselves through cell division.

Since stems cells have the potential to be differentiated into basically all cell types, they

offer promise in the development of medical treatments for a wide range of conditions.

It’s not fair!• Starting a stem cell line requires the destruction of a

human embryo.

• Devalue human life.

• Human embryo is a human life and is therefore entitled to protection.

• Embryonic stem cell research instrumentalizes and violates the sanctity of life and God’s law.

Human life begins when a sperm cell

fertilizes an egg cell to form a single cell.

Stem cells without embryonic destruction.

• Researchers have attempted to transfer the nucleus of a somatic cell into an existing embryonic stem cell, thus creating a new stem cell line.

• Another study also indicates that differentiated cells can be reprogrammed to an embryonic-like state by introducing four specific factors

• The fluid surrounding the fetus has been found to contain stem cells, that, when utilized correctly, "can be differentiated towards cell types such as fat, bone, muscle, blood vessel, nerve and liver cells. The extraction of this fluid does not harm the fetus in any way as well.

Let’s give them a chance to live!

Let’s give them a chance to live!