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Stem cells are the primary cells that can be trained to develop into any human cell tissue eg (muscle, skin, brain, etc.) However, in embryonic stem cell research, to retrieve stem cells from embryos requires a process called therapeutic cloning where a personˇ¦s DNA is put into an unfertilised human egg (effectively cloning a person), the embryo is then grown for a few days before it is destroyed, producing stem cells identical to the donor person, without any likelihood of rejection once injected. Embryonic stem cell research offer the hope of curing diseases such as, Blood Disorders Diabetes Parkinsonˇ¦s disease Alzheimerˇ¦s disease Motor neurone disease Spinal cord injuries It could even create retina cells, which could cure blindness or skin cells for burns victims. One of the debates on embryos is whether it is a human being or just a bunch of cells. One of the views is, life does not start until the foetus has left...

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