As I continually research the controversies and issues behind the advancement in stem cell experimentation, I can't help but predict what the future holds. It seems to me that the issue regarding religion vs. science will never be resolved. Clearly, I have mentioned in my theory post that religion will hold back the advance of study in stem cell research. Several people will still oppose stem cell research because they will see such experimentation as "Playing God." Also, people will still oppose embryonic stem cell research because they define embryos as human beings. Cloning will always be looked at as something immoral and unnatural.
Even though I see a good amount of opposition in the future, I predict that stem cell research will still advance. Upon researching and discovering all the benefits that can be derived from stem cell research, such as cures to various diseases, I feel like these benefits cannot be forever ignored. There will come a point when trends in opposition will begin to change. Education has become more important over the past decades and as the importance increases, knowledge of what stem cell research holds increases. People will become more open minded from the increase of importance in education. So, instead of people judging scientific experimentation from other people, they will become more independent as they make their own theories and opinions based on what they have learned.
Since the importance of education will increase and there will be an advancement in stem cell research, I predict that cures will be made. I can say this confidently because technology increases, and with intelligent scientists, new discoveries will be made. Even if cures aren't discovered as soon as scientists predict, scientist will have a better knowledge of the cellular behavior of diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and cancer. This could possibly serve as a template to discovering cures.
I end this post by saying that I don't write based on my opinion nor what I want out of stem cell research. I'm giving a critical analysis of why stem cell research will advance. I truly believe that the increase in the importance in education and technology will drive stem cell research to success.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
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