Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-246) and index
Contents:
ch. 1. Will stem cells cure disease? 1. Stem cells will soon provide cures for many diseases / Stem Cell Research Foundation 2. The promise of stem cells is exaggerated / Peter Aldhous 3. Embryonic stem cell research is necessary to find a diabetes cure / Robert Goldstein 4. Nonembryonic stem cell research can find a diabetes cure / Dave Andrusko 5. Embryonic stem cell research may one day cure Alzheimer's disease / Sharon Begley 6. Embryonic stem cell research is unlikely to cure Alzheimer's disease / Rick Weiss ch. 2. What ethical and moral questions surround stem cell research? 1. Destroying embryos in order to obtain stem cells is immoral / William Cheshire 2. Destroying embryos in order to obtain stem cells is not immoral / Jonathon D. Moreno, Sam Berger 3. Therapeutic cloning to obtain embryonic stem cells is immoral / David A. Prentice, William Saunders 4. Therapeutic cloning to obtain embryonic stem cells is not immoral / Michael J. Sandel 5. Stem cell treatments threaten human morality / Paul Lauritzen 6. Stem cell treatments do not threaten human morality / Susan Squier, Catherine Waldby, Anita Silvers 7. Altered nuclear transfer is a moral way to obtain embryonic stem cells / E. Christian Brugger ch. 3. What role should the government play in stem cell research? 1. U.S. stem cell policy is moral / George W. Bush 2. U.S. stem cell policy is morally inconsistent / Arthur Caplan 3. The current number of federally approved stem cell lines is inadequate / Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International 4. The number of federally approved stem cell lines should not be increased / Eric Cohen 5. Americans favor government support of human embryonic stem cell research / Civil Society Institute/Results for America 6. Americans do not favor government support of human embryonic stem cell research / United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 7. U.S. policy is hurting stem cell research in the United States / Gareth Cook 8. U.S Policy is not hurting stem cell research in the United States / Do No Harm : The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics ch. 4. Are there alternatives to embryonic stem cells? 1. Adult stem cells are more promising than embryonic stem cells / Jean Peduzzi-Nelson 2. Adult stem cells are not more promising than embryonic stem cells / William B. Neaves 3. Fetal stem cells are a promising alternative to embryonic stem cells / Business Week 4. Stem cells should not be harvested from artificially grown fetuses / Robert P. George 5. Umbilical cord stem cells are more beneficial than embryonic stem cells / Peter Hollands, interviewed by Peter J. Smith 6. Umbilical cord stem cells cannot replace embryonic stem cells / K. Welte, World Marrow Donor Association 7. Amniotic fluid stem cells may replace embryonic stem cells / Mary Carmichael
