M.D. Questions Ethics of Using ‘Dead’ Embryos for Stem Cells

October 5, 2006

Last month, Spanish and English researchers reported that they had derived stem cells from an “arrested” or dead human embryo that spontaneously stopped developing after a few days. But while the temptation may be to hail this as an medical and bioethical breakthrough, one Christian M.D. says getting cells from dead embryos for embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) is not as uncomplicated as some might suppose. (GOPUSA)