There are many types of stem cells, the only type that are politically controversial and scrutinized from religious people are embryonic stem cells. And that is because these are the cells that go from inception, to baby. So to people who argue that life has begun with the emergence of these cells research on them is immoral as it is akin to harming a baby.
However the many other types of stem cells are not part of this controversy and have nothing to do with this stage of inception, such as hemapoetic stem cells used in bone marrow transplants, mesychmal stem cells etc. The stem cells utilized in this research would fall into this category, as they are adult somatic stem cells induced into a plueropotent state.
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Unlikely.
There are many types of stem cells, the only type that are politically controversial and scrutinized from religious people are embryonic stem cells. And that is because these are the cells that go from inception, to baby. So to people who argue that life has begun with the emergence of these cells research on them is immoral as it is akin to harming a baby.
However the many other types of stem cells are not part of this controversy and have nothing to do with this stage of inception, such as hemapoetic stem cells used in bone marrow transplants, mesychmal stem cells etc. The stem cells utilized in this research would fall into this category, as they are adult somatic stem cells induced into a plueropotent state.