October 13, 2006

Then things got really interesting with a panel on stem cell research

Dorothy Nelson, assistant vice president for research for Wayne State University, commented during the MichBio Expo in Grand Rapids about the ethical arguments regarding stem cell research. Nelson said that while one can argue it\'s unethical to create embryos to destroy them for research, it can also be argued that it\'s unethical to allow adults to suffer from disease that could be cured by the research. Therefore, she said, \"it\'s unlikely that scientists or ethicists can solve this, because it\'s a conflict of belief systems ... so it will probably be a matter of the majority of public opinion.\"

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