Contributor
Langwith, Jacqueline.
Imprint:Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2007.
Description262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:"Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints Series could serve as a model...not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, the selections - by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens - include complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations...all up to date and fully documented. The editing is intelligent and unobtrusive, organizing the material around substantive issues within the general debate. Brief introductions to each section and to each reading focus the question raised and offer no slick answers." -- Booklist
Note:Will stem cells cure disease? -- What ethical and moral questions surround stem cell research? -- What role should the government play in stem cell research? -- Are there alternatives to embryonic stem cells? --
Note:Stem cells will soon provide cures for many diseases / Stem Cell Research Foundation -- The promise of stem cells is exaggerated / Peter Aldhous -- Embryonic stem cell research is necessary to find a diabetes cure / Robert Goldstein -- Nonembryonic stem cell research can find a diabetes cure / Dave Andrusko -- Embryonic stem cell research may one day cure Alzheimer's disease / Sharon Begley -- Embryonic stem cell research is unlikely to cure Alzheimer's disease / Rick Weiss -- Destroying embryos in order to obtain stem cells is immoral / William Cheshire -- Destroying embryos in order to obtain stem cells is not immoral / Jonathon D. Moreno, Sam Berger -- Therapeutic cloning to obtain embryonic stem cells is immoral / David A. Prentice, William Saunders -- Therapeutic cloning to obtain embryonic stem cells is not immoral / Michael J. Sandel -- Stem cell treatments threaten human morality / Paul Lauritzen -- Stem cell treatments do not threaten human morality / Susan Squier, Catherine Waldby, Anita Silvers -- Altered nuclear transfer is a moral way to obtain embryonic stem cells / E. Christian Brugger -- U.S. stem cell policy is moral / George W. Bush -- U.S. stem cell policy is morally inconsistent / Arthur Caplan -- The current number of federally approved stem cell lines is inadequate / Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International -- The number of federally approved stem cell lines should not be increased / Eric Cohen -- Americans favor government support of human embryonic stem cell research / Civil Society Institute/Results for America -- Americans do not favor government support of human embryonic stem cell research / United States Conference of Catholic Bishops -- U.S. policy is hurting stem cell research in the United States / Gareth Cook -- U.S Policy is not hurting stem cell research in the United States / Do No Harm : The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics -- Adult stem cells are more promising than embryonic stem cells / Jean Peduzzi-Nelson -- Adult stem cells are not more promising than embryonic stem cells / William B. Neaves -- Fetal stem cells are a promising alternative to embryonic stem cells / Business Week -- Stem cells should not be harvested from artificially grown fetuses / Robert P. George -- Umbilical cord stem cells are more beneficial than embryonic stem cells / Peter Hollands, interviewed by Peter J. Smith -- Umbilical cord stem cells cannot replace embryonic stem cells / K. Welte, World Marrow Donor Association -- Amniotic fluid stem cells may replace embryonic stem cells / Mary Carmichael.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-246) and index.
