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Using stem cells on humans going too far?

By Fran Jeffries | Friday, January 23, 2009, 12:37 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Federal regulators have cleared the way for the first human trials of human embryonic stem-cell research, according to an Associated Press article. Researchers would now be able to test whether the cells are safe to use in spinal injury patients, the company behind the trials announced Friday.

The tests could begin by summer. The FDA has approved the trials, which will use human stem cells authorized for research by then-President George W. Bush in 2001.

Embryonic stem cells are blank cells found in four- to five-day-old embryos, which have the ability to turn into any cell in the body. However, when stem cells are removed, the embryo is destroyed — which has made this one of the most controversial medical research fields in the past decade.

What do you think? Should these human trials be allowed?

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