Sentences with phrase «consider human embryonic stem cell»

However, some consider human embryonic stem cell research controversial because, in some cases, the new stem cell lines are derived frozen human embryos that have been donated for research.

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On Thursday, the United Nations» member states will consider two resolutions: One resolution would ban all human cloning methods, including efforts to use cloned embryonic stem cells to try and generate healthy tissues, or to treat degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's.

But a number of the invited speakers, including Alan Trounson, president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine in San Francisco, and keynote speaker George Daley, a stem - cell scientist at Children's Hospital Boston in Massachusetts, are involved in research using human embryonic stem cells, which the Catholic Church considers unethical.

When derived from fetal membranes, such as chorionic and amniotic membranes, MSCs are considered an intermediate between human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and adult stem cells.

An eye implant made of a thin sheet of human embryonic stem cells could be considered as an effective treatment for a common form of vision loss.

This question might sound familiar, because it was central to the 2001 debate over human embryonic stem cells — a debate that was, back in the months before the 9/11 attacks, considered a significant controversy for George W. Bush's new administration.