Question

Extraction of stem cells is ethical.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was posed to me by my college director while I was bunking the class.

My enquiry is from Bioreactors topic in section Utilizing Genetically Engineered Organisms & Medical Applications of Bioprocess Engineering of Bioprocess Engineering

Answer 1

The correct choice is (b) False

The explanation: The key ethical issues concern the destruction of human embryos for stem cell derivation. On the grounds that the human embryo is a human life with moral value justifying its protection, the extraction of embryonic stem cells is unethical.