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Even if stem cell research progresses for the purpose of medical treatment and repair, it is inevitable that with the technology handy, some private research groups (and probably quite a few billionaires) will make attempts at using them to clone legally or not. I mean hey, if you had an extra billion dollars lying around would you not use it to make a clone of yourself?

I think that stem cells are great they will (I can guarantee you) help us in the near future in the curing of diseases and broken tissue or muscles.

I wish I would have known more about stem cells before I had my children. I had heard about people saving stem cells from their baby's umbilical cords, but all I really knew about it was that it costs a lot of money to store the cells year after year, so I never did it.

Now that I know more about it, though, I wish I would have done it. If something were to happen to one of my children, and the use of stem cells could save them, that is invaluable. If only I could go back in time and save them, because I won't be having any more babies.

But, with all of the research being done on adult stem cells, maybe that's all we'll need someday.

I've heard about all of the stem cell debate, but if something was wrong with your children, you would do anything to save them.

@write79 -- I agree that some sort of regulatory system needs to be put in place, something like a stem cell ethics law. I am completely against the idea of killing embryos to get stem cells, but if the stem cells are retrieved from an umbilical cord, I don't see a problem with it.

There are a lot of people who are against stem cell use, and I can understand the concern. But, I think that if there is a system put in place to regulate the use of stem cells, than they could be used for wonderful things.

While I'm not into using stem cells for cloning, I think that using them to heal injured or sick people is wonderful.

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