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How do genes have a connection with the research of stem cells?

I am doing a persuasive essay that stem cell research should continue. And i'm writing that one of the pros of this research is that scientists will have a better picture and know how to "cure" genetic dieseases. So how does the research of stems cells contributed to this.

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1. Stem cell research will always continue as long as it works. So I don't know what kind of persuasion you need to come up with. Here are the facts: Adult stem cells have made so much progress and so many successes that the private sector is funding the research completely. That's a great thing for many people. On the other hand, embryonic stem cells haven't had the same success. In fact they've had no successes in the last 10 years, so there's not as much investment into further research in that area unless the government wants to use taxpayer money to fund it. The theory is that embryonic stem cells can help grow any organ instead of specific organs. It's too bad it doesn't work in reality. To date, Bush is the only president to use taxpayer money to invest in embryonic stem cell research, but since it's not successful I'm afraid it's a waste of money and many wish he wouldn't invest more money into such a losing venture. To answer the scientific part, stem cells contain the DNA necessary to build the specific cells they represent. They've been great at rebuilding broken spinal chords and human organs. There seems to be a lot of potential for adult stem cells, but again, none so far for embryonic. So if you need to persuade someone to invest in embryonic stem cell research it's going to be hard since it's not working.