# Stem Cell Research **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 25, 2005, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stem-cell-research/286542 "2005-01-25T05:23:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dontknowmuch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@dontknowmuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dontknowmuch)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stem-cell-research/286542/1 "2005-01-25T05:23:29Z")
Is stem cell research good or immoral? Should we fund it or make it illegal? Why? ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stem-cell-research/286542/2 "2005-01-25T05:42:17Z")
Recent thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=292421). ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stem-cell-research/286542/3 "2005-01-25T20:29:56Z")
Just wanted to pop in to say, here’s a chance to fight ignorance. Please do not say “stem cell research” when you mean “_embryonic_ or _fetal_ stem cell research.” My nephew just had stem cells treatment for lymphoma. They were his OWN cells, harvested, developed, and retransplanted. You wouldn’t believe the number of people I had to set straight, after hearing about it, shocked looks, horror, gasps, “oh how could you let them do such a thing” remarks, thinking they used fetal cells, instead of a perfectly legitimate, noncontroversial treatment. ---
**Author:** ![dontknowmuch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@dontknowmuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dontknowmuch)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stem-cell-research/286542/4 "2005-01-26T00:06:26Z")
actually i was looking for either/or but good point maybe i should have been specific that i was looking for either/or