Stem Cell Research And Genetic Testing - 2544 Words

Bioethics is studied to find ethical reasoning in life science and the experiments that are done in this field to further understand concepts in this subject. Many controversial topics surround bioethics, because even though some forms of science technology and research can help to understand biological concepts better, they can have negative drawbacks on the subject experimented on and the group involved around it. This creates a difficult triangle of choice between what will be best for science, what will the US law allow, and what is morally right in science research and technology. Two controversial topics in bioethics include stem cell research and genetic testing, whether it be on humans or animals. Stem cell research involves the†¦show more content†¦Genetic testing on humans and animals is when scientist experiment on human or animal cells, specifically DNA, to understand multiple biological concepts that can help stop certain diseases or see how certain proteins are made in a body. This form of research arises many questions, whether it be if it is morally right to test, if it should be illegal, if the subject should have consent, or if it will be worth the negative drawbacks it can have on the subject. In the past, scientist would inject diseases and test on humans of certain races that didn’t seem to be â€Å"important† at the time and would kill many in this process, as seen in the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment where researchers killed hundred of African American men by injecting them with syphillis (Skloot). When uproar came from the idea of genetic testing on humans, scientist moved to other similar organism such as animals which didn’t stop the controversy. Many considered this practice as animal torture, and that the animal didn’t have any way to consent for it making it morally wrong. They also argued that testing on animals wouldn’t be as effective for curing human diseases since the organisms DNA wil l function differently. Stem cells are extracted from an embryo by either a immunosurgical method, the whole embryo