The review process should focus on those types of hSC derivation that raise heightened levels of ethical concern A stem cell is basically like a blank canvas.
A further step was the recent demonstration that human embryonic fibroblasts can be reprogrammed to a pluripotent state using a plasmid with a peptide-linked reprogramming cassette 47 The response to this problem is that the particular blastocysts that are harvested for embryonic stem cell research are taken from 1 embryos that are frozen during in vitro fertilization procedures and never implanted, 2 donated egg cells, and 3 embryos created specifically for the purpose of generating new stem cell lines.
Animal-animal hybrids of various sorts, such as the mule, exist and are not considered morally objectionable.
Cord blood stem cells Hematopoietic stem cells from cord blood can be banked and are widely used for allogenic and autologous stem cell transplantation in pediatric hematological diseases as an alternative to bone marrow transplantation.
Several measures may enhance informed consent in early stem cell-based clinical trials However, President Obama's administration allowed for a partial rolling back of these research restrictions.