Thursday, November 8, 2007

Links...

OK, so this is VERY late.... >_<

http://stemcells.nih.gov/

This website offers the government's view on stem cell research. It contains useful info on the cells themselves, their uses, ethical issues, and the US government's policy on stem cell research. Being a government-run website means that it will be biased in the government's favor and promote adherance to the government's ideals and policies. http://www.religioustolerance.org/res_stem.htm This website offers the same general information as the NIH's site. This site, however, throws in the religious opinions, introducing faith-based bias, implying that those opinions are not based on concrete evidence. It's always fun to listen/read religious zealots though because I find them quite amusing.

http://www.allaboutpopularissues.org/pros-and-cons-of-stem-cell-research.htm

I used this website when I was writing a research paper last year. It explains what stem cells are, where they come from, and the differences between the different types of stem cells. This website does seem to be against the use of embryonic stem cell research as "funds devoted to embryonic stem cell research are funds being taken away from the other two more promising and less controversial types of stem cell research," the other two types being adult stem cells and umbilical stem cells.

http://usliberals.about.com/od/stemcellresearch/i/StemCell1.htm

As the URL implies, this is a liberal website, and so favors stem cell research. The site gives some history of embryonic stem cell legislation, arguments for and against embryonic stem cell research, and an alternate method of harvesting stem cells that doesn't involve killing a fertilized embryo.

http://www.stemcellresearchfacts.com/index.html

This website contains the basic info on stem cells, both adult and embryonic. It is obvious that this site is against embryonic stem cell research as it sports an article entitled "How Embryonic Stem Cell Science Exploits Women." This bias has to be taken into account when analyzing information on the site.

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