The stakes could not be higher: life and death, potential future cures or life-threatening disappointment. Stem cells could potentially result in treatments or cures for cancer, heart disease, diabetes and other diseases. However, leaders and legislators continue to place outdated and senseless rest...

Diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's are some of the most atrocious diseases that we know of. "A December poll commissioned by organizers showed that eighty- five percent of probable voters have a relative or close friend with one of these fiv...

One chemical holds the secret of life. It contains the instructions for manufacturing everything from bacteria to a human being with trillions of specialized or genetically altered cells. The chemical is called deoxyribonucleic acid, or what is better known as DNA. It is about to change our world o...

Stem Cell Research A stem cell could be the cure to many diseases once thought incurable. These microscopic cells have the potential to form almost any dead or damaged cell in the body. The controversy begins when the stem cells are gathered. In most cases, a human embryo must be killed to harvest...

Should Human Cloning be Legal? For years, part of the American public, and humans in general, have been fascinated with the possibility of creating human life by other than natural means. Cloning alters the very meaning of humanity; it is morally, ethically, and spiritually wrong. Many strongly d...

What is our world really coming to? It is predicted that somewhere in the future we are going to be able to construct the perfect child with no defects and no disabilities. We will be able to predict what diseases they will contract in their life and what type of person they are going to be and the ...

Stem Cell Research: Life On The Line By XXXXXXXXX For thousands of years, and generations upon generations, humans have faced decisions of life and death. Many times these decisions are based upon religion, superstition, and politics. Now we come to a junction in the social evolution of man,...

In the 1940's the attention of geneticists was surprisingly focused on the Escherichia coli, colon bacterium. E. coli offered many advantages such as genetically being simpler, they are easily broken open and bacterial cells have little internal structure. For the fact that the E. coli popul...