The Stem Cell Controversy

Stem Cell Research is Headline News. Researchers are eager to move forward and the sick and afflicted are desperate for its benefits. Yet powerful forces in our society-led by President George W. Bush-find it morally troubling and are doing all in their power to restrict its development beyond a very limited scale.

President George W. Bush on Stem Cell Research

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Editors' General Introduction

Michael Ruse and Christopher A. Pynes

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PART 1. THE SCIENCE OF STEM CELLS

Editors' Introduction

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1. Stem Cells: A Primer

National Institutes of Health

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2. The Language Really Matters

Jane Maienschein

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3. Can Old Cells Learn New Tricks?

Gretchen Vogel

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4. Adult Stem Cells—A Positive Perspective

Sidney Houff

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5. "Parthenotes" Expand the Debate on Stem Cells

Rick Weiss

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PART 2. MEDICAL CURES AND PROMISES

Editors' Introduction

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6. Paralyzed Mouse Walks Again as Scientists Fight Stem Cell Ban

Katty Kay and Mark Henderson

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7. 60 Minutes II, Holy Grail

Carol Marin

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8. Human Stem Cell Research and the Potential for Clinical Application

National Bioethics Advisory Commission

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9. Fetal Neuron Grafts Pave the Way for Stem Cell Therapies

Marcia Barinaga

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10. Promises of Stem Cells Kept

Leigh Shoemaker

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PART 3. MORAL ISSUES

Editors' Introduction

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11. The Stem Cell Slide: Be Alert to the Beginnings of Evil

Michael Novak

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12. Research with Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Ethical Considerations

Geron Ethics Advisory Board

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13. Ethics and Policy in Embryonic Stem Cell Research

John A. Robertson

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14. The Ethics and Politics of Small Sacrifices in Stem Cell Research

Glenn McGee and Arthur Caplan

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15. The Ethical Case against Stem Cell Research

Søren Holm

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16. Stem Cell Research: The Failure of Bioethics

Don Marquis

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17. Public Stem Cell Banks: Considerations of Justice in Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Ruth R. Faden, Liza Dawson, Alison S. Bateman-House, et al.

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PART 4. RELIGIOUS ISSUES

Editors' Introduction

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18. Patients' Voices: The Powerful Sound in the Stem Cell Debate

Daniel Perry

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19. The Stem Cell Controversy

Ted Peters

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20. Stem Cells and the Catholic Church

Aline H. Kalbian

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21. Testimony of Abdulaziz Sachedina

Abdulaziz Sachedina for National Bioethics Advisory Commission

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22. Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: An Intercultural Perspective

LeRoy Walters

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PART 5. POLICY ISSUES

Editors' Introduction

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23. A Time for Restraint

Frank E. Young

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24. The Politics and Ethics of Human Embryo and Stem Cell Research

Kenneth J. Ryan, M.D.

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25. The Basics about Stem Cells

Maureen L. Condic

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26. Locating Convergence: Ethics, Public Policy, and Human Stem Cell Research

Andrew W. Siegel

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27. Stem Cells: Public Policy and Ethics

Cindy R. Towns and D. Gareth Jones

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23. Ethical Consistency in Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Simon Clarke

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The Stem Cell Controversy

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