Published Mar 13, 2009
Stem cell research is chock full of opinionated dynamite, and adding politics to the mix creates an explosive debate.
Science has progressed in leaps and bounds in recent years and President Barack Obama wishes to continue the momentum by allowing stem cell research to move forward.
In most cases, unused, previously fertilized zygotes in fertility clinics are utilized for therapeutic stem cell research. The zygotes are then allowed to continue their division until they reach the blastocyst stage and are then destroyed for the use of their undesignated cells.