lol that episode is funny when thy are at mcburger town

Papi Moneybags because people think it's wrong taking the embryo's life away even if it is only a couple weeks old. It's a fight of ethics and morality...though I'm not for or against it completely because both sides bring out good points. It would be great research material, but you'd be killing these embryos, babies (whatever you please) embryos unless they were aborted...so yea

"I hate being all strokey"

because of how the cells are collected. embryonic stem cells not only comes from the clinics but from embryos that were aborted. with politicians trying to ban abortion no matter how much you fund it there's not going to be enough to use and research.

+girlythingsaw Embryonic stem cells cannot come from abortions... They have already differentiated into different cells by the point that an abortion would be carried out as stem cells are only present in fertilized eggs for 4 or so days before they start to differentiate.

We can clone anything and change the genes of humans. We don't do this because it's immoral but biotechnology is very advanced.

RiverGirl How is it immoral? There is literally nothing immoral about it.

Daniel Appleton Ardent right wing fundamentalists / evangelicals should not have their opinions taken into account or their votes counted.

lol, editing takes away the need for oxygen, foolish mortal!

It’s through his nose

No he doesn't 😂😂😂

0:34

course not

I'm gonna have too much fun with that idea

As someone who has chronic liver disease because of the amount of antibiotics I needed once to kill a virus that was attacking my heart I could really use these now. My heart still wouldn't be content but at least I'd have a liver that worked well. It's bloody annoying I didn't even get the fun of over drinking to damage my liver which seems massively unfair. 🍻😎

Hahah

don't worry friend. im with you in the same position ;__;

Hope you graduated - after learning how to spell.

same

You beat me to it! :) We learned this in school as a basic thing

Jelena Jelisavcic Bebec yeah same, but this is good revision, and I guess because this is a more recent thing it wasn't taught in school to the older generations, which are probably the ones making the "Mmm..." notions whilst listening to interviews and stuff on the radio pretending to understand what's going on.

That is okay for people who want to learn, but we were commenting on the question "who has time to know what stem cells are?"

Bacon doesn't live dipshit

joni mehmeti fetuses dont live, they grow, why? because they are given nutrients, just make an artifical bacon womb.

Of course. Sorry, I keep ignoring the fact that you came out of an artificial donut womb.

+' Bridge ' Well isn't living bacon... just a pig?

+Fatjon “Lucky” Mehmeti ........ you know they can "print" bacon.... any food really of 3D printers. cost a pretty penny for the printers good enough to do so thou

+Darude Her Right In The Sandstorm™ at only 4/5 days its really not anything, never mind a baby. The embryos used were going to be thrown away anyway so at least if they're being used for stem cells they can save someone's life

+Alexishy stupid ass. the parents aren't going to use the leftover cells so they will die anyway. we might as well learn as much as we can before they do.

+Darude Her Right In The Sandstorm™ dude that's insane

+Darude Her Right In The Sandstorm™ then what age do you think you'll stay at, probably 35 your prime age.. or always looking young?

+Darude Her Right In The Sandstorm™ that's insane! I wonder when this will be available to the public, we can solve so many problems!

+Darude Her Right In The Sandstorm™ Peter Griffin voice: why are we not funding this!? lol but seriously why not? I wonder if it's cause they don't know how people would react if they realize we can technically become immortal

sounds like a plan hahaha

tl;dr

Read half way, it's not defined as living because it doesn't have a CNS (Central Nervous System) at the point where extraction takes place. You learn this in year 10-11 Biology and is very interesting to weigh out the reasoning behind why, it's mostly the class discussing morals and perspectives on the matter and our Teacher's offering us non-bias knowledge and strong cases for both sides, and everyone in the class agrees that research should be done as we all are told to make up our own minds, we all want to progress forward. Religion lately as well as old scientific regulations have been potentially stopping some or any progress in some scientific fields, from objective observation on research tests not going forward or being shut down completely. Stem cell research has the potential to perform new-mitosis of cells that before were not able to do so themselves, such as repairing or replacing worm synovial capsules in joints such as the knee at rapid rates where strength training is too far gone to have any significant affect, or even potentially creating new neurons in the brain where mylination may have prematurely worn out or neurons completely eroded due to a disease, if you have a high potency stem cell any replacement is possible, or if you have a pluripotent stem cell specific and quick replacement could be more than do-able. The moral question is do you deny the embryo or morula (Depending on point of extraction) the potential to grow into something more such as a child, the upside is that generally the extracted embryos are from the excess quantity that will not be used in creation of offspring. Meiosis is a complicated process with many reoccurring steps throughout the cell cycle, I do believe that more research into this field will save potentially billions of lives, simply because of the applications of such advancements that are within our grasp, such as the creation of micro-chamber hearts. The real debate is centered around Cloning. Miscarriage or birth is partially due to meiosis phases not carrying out the processes correctly, this could be due to chromosomes not matching correctly or missing chromatids that cause the offspring to not develop as intended, such as a third 21st chromosome resulting in down syndrome, while individuals who are affected with a third chromosome are mentally impaired, a majority are still able to function as productive members of society in some shape or form. With advancements in areas such as stem cell research and genetic engineering, we could rid humans from ever having to face these problems in the first place or even help existing cases with the flexibility and potential of stem cell manipulation and genetic engineering. Again it all comes down to morals, what is seen as acceptable and where we all think this technology is heading. I'd love to see it change lives for the better and save many more. On the topic of religion, I find it's like with any group, there is a prejudice bias against individuals who are identified with the greater whole even if you don't outwardly identify with that majority. I've met many religious individuals who are well kept, amazing and logical down-to-Earth people, who anyone could get along with, on the other hand through personal experience I have also met the polar opposite. I'm sorry that you have to face this discrimination bias. I'm not against religions that are peaceful and offer a good way of life, and moral values, however as of recent events religion is mainly under attack because of Muslim beliefs and how their fundamentals can't co-exist with Western societies values and way of life, and I absolutely agree with you, religion and science can co-exist with each other, not being religious myself but living near 5 churches, my entire neighborhood is filled with good spirited people with happy families who are very giving and social, not only this but the diversity of cultures that are getting along is almost something to marvel at. I also love your outlook on exploration of knowledge and positive attitude towards the topic, need more of that in these discussions! I used to go to Church every Sunday with my old friends but now find myself sitting on the line of Agnostic, but would mainly say I am Agnostic to avoid getting entangled in the conversation of Religion Versus Science as it seems to be two very radical sides that lack discussion. In the end Science and Religion are two belief systems, Religion being a very old system that has kept communities together and given morals and guidelines to those who have followed them (Whether those be negative or positive). Science giving knowledge and progression to our understanding of the world and other surroundings from an objective standpoint (Also having a negative and positive in how it is used). Both are belief systems although Science undergoes constant adaptation, Religion I see as more of an ancient version of Science, a way to comprehend our surroundings. Both have their place where they thrive. Although I'm very 'iffy' about comparing and contrasting science and religion as it doesn't bring up discussion that is extending my knowledge and generally creates a very negative reaction from others. It is how ever good to see other opinions on the matter to challenge any information bias or close-minded opinions, love seeing other perspectives keep it up.

The fertilized eggs that are harvested were slated for the waste bin. They are using leftovers from the fertilization to get the stem cells.

+Maggie Quick I agree. I just came from a horrible lecture where this "omnipotent" lawyer lecturer was talking about these pluripotents and multipluripotents and it just went totally over everyone's head

That is a risk, the other issue is the fact, just like the adult stem cells, induced or not, they will not reproduce as fast as an embryonic stem cell. Although this does allow scientists to continue stem cell research without being hindered by the ethics and morality police.