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[|Stem Cell Research Blog] article found on: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/507258/ blog by: Lauren Smith blog made: September 17, 2007

For this assignment, Mr. Orr had told us that we had to find an article which discussed a controversial issue in scientific research and summarize it in a blog. My topic, like the many other bloggers, was stem cell research. Now, stem cells for the past couple years have been used to help people with diseases by replacing the cells of the affected area with stem cells an easily moldable cell. The scientists using the cells would take it from fetuses. In the article I chose, the scientists figured out a new place to take stem cells from: the umbilical cord. This gave the scientists more options into which the stem cell would be made into.

This article gave me a lot to think about. I made me think about what I believed in. It also showed me that in science there are many possibilities for better things, whether it comes from moral things or not.To change this blog, I would do a lot more research and make sure that I fully understood the topic and what boundaries it crossed and what it did in a positive way. I think that if I did the same article now, I would be a lot more informative.