[POLL] Stem Cell Research

[NuclearCrap]

I'm working on a survey for my high school debate, so I'm here to ask for your help. :p All you need is to vote and tell me your age, opinions are also widely accepted. :) I guess we can make it as a UCP debate too. :rolleyes:

Should stem cell research (http://www.bootstrike.com/Genetics/StemCells/proandcon.html) be conducted?

[TVR IS KING]

I am 15. :D

EDIT: Erm...I voted yes...

[clutch-monkey]

i vote yes, providing there are limits on the amount of research as well as the age of the embryos (as in how far they have progressed) if they are embryonic stem cells (iirc the adult stem cells aren't much use for research)
- 20yrs old

[drakkie]

I'm working on a survey for my high school debate, so I'm here to ask for your help. :p All you need is to vote and tell me your age, opinions are also widely accepted. :) I guess we can make it as a UCP debate too. :rolleyes:

Should stem cell research (http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics) be conducted?

Yes, in the proper hands (!!) it can make a lot of important things.For example cures to many diseases which are determined by DNA. However this matter should be handled very carefully.

and i am 18

[twinspark]

Yes, it should. I don't know why we should brake down science just because of some religious aspects. Especially when the goal is to learn more about things such as fighting against diseases.

And the age is 20.

[Cyco]

I voted for yes, age 28

[junaman]

yes, age 15

[Matt]

Yes, 27.

[Cotterik]

I'm 17 and i voted yes but this could very easily turn into a horror-film esque situation with allsorts of mutation going on. But if it helps diseases then I'm all for it.

[adamfraser]

Yes, and im 14 :)

["Clevor" Angel]

YES, it has a very real capability to eliminate Alzheimers, some cancers, the organ donor list, or even the need for many prostetic limbs. The Pros massively outweigh the con. I'm 16.

[baddabang]

Yessir, Age 18

[CHEESE-TACULAR]

yep, an im 15

[Esperante]

15

I don't see any reason why this shouldn't be conducted besides crazy Christian sphincters.

[bmwpower]

Well i'm the first no, so let the dabate begin, remember this, you were once a bunch of stem cells as well, so u could not exisit today as well. The mutations were also brought up as well, scientists don't know what they are doing, they are just guessing what'll happen and they can screw up pretty bad, i've seen movies in class where cows were born with 5 legs, the fifth set protruding from their neck, and that was not stem cell reaserch, it was cloning which is a much easier procedure to perform then to try and replicate exact and specialized cells. As well several people said yes, but only if it is used properly, we're human and fact of the matter matter is that if it is legalized hundreds of scientists will be working on it and several are bound to go wrong cause nothing gets done right...

I'm 17 btw

[Esperante]

So no miracle cure for you?

[Matra et Alpine]

47, yes, stem cell usage is not all about genetic cloning or manipulation.
It is done currently and success derived usually "naturally harvested" stem cells.

With some controls it is morally and ethically acceptable.

[my porsche]

i think it should be permitted, but VERY strictly regulated, if the ability fell into the wrong hands it could basically give you the ability to design your child, i think using it for curing diseases is great though

oh and im 14

[car_fiend]

18, and i vote yes, as long as it is done in a orderly and proper way.

[Vindesh17]

yes, 17. anyone who says no doesn't know enough about the benefits of stem cell research, the postives outweigh the negatives by a lot.

[Dan Flynn]

Stem cell research has the potential, but not the certainty, of producing any number of scientific advances. I agree that this research should be carried out. (age 40)

[NuclearCrap]

......anyone who says know doesn't know enough about the benefits of stem cell research........

You mean bmwpower? :D

[Lagonda]

20, yes, duh.

[NoOne]

I think the potential good out weighs the potential bad .... I'm all for stem cell research. I'm 37

[Niko_Fx]

Yes, 21.

[nota]

Yes (born in the year of the dog)

I don't care if religious dogmatists restrict themselves to abject pseudo-science like 'intelligent design' or other gobbledygook so long as they confine their archaic beliefs to within the walls of their church. However, whether they like it or not, those fantastical naysayers share a pragmatic world full of untold others (eg: like my dear friend, she will soon die from MS) who put their faith in real science (like stem cell research) to provide real cures to alleviate real suffering

For example!
the world's first-ever cancer vaccine. It proves 100% effective :eek: in preventing cervical cancer! It has the potential to eliminate this awful disease within one generation
http://www.researchaustralia.com.au/files/UQ_scientist_honoured_for_cancer_vaccine_21-01-06.pdf

[Matt]

I think many of you are confusing stem cell research with completed human clones. They are not one in the same.

[taz_rocks_miami]

Yes, the good that can come from it outweighs the negatives. Who are we to say to a person condemed to a wheel chair that we are not going to persue something that could get them back on their feet because some don't fully understand how and when the stem cells are harvested? Under proper supervision, I don't see a problem. I'm 40 BTW. :)

[Blue Supra]

19, yes, as long steven hawking doesnt start sucking them out of pheatuses (?) necks im all for it.