Stem Cells=Ethical?

In the beginning of the year, I did agree with the fact that stem cells are seemingly appropriate. Doing research on adult stem cells are fair enough, but the use of embryonic stem cells are unethical. President Obama stealthily avoids answering the question, uncommon amongst politicians. On his press conference on March 24, 2009, he may suggest that he is for stem cell research. "I wrestle with it on stem cell; I wrestle with it on issues like abortion.I think that the guidelines that we provided meet that ethical test." Saying that it passes the ethical test, it is most likely that he supports the use of stem cells. 

On an educational, scientific and medical standpoint, I do believe stem cells are good. They are an advancement in medicines and can help save many lives in significant organs that people need. The biotechnology that can be used will probably save thousands, if not millions, of lives. Recreating your own organ will be much convenient compared to attaining transplants. You would not be burdened on having to remember taking pills everyday so that the organ would not reject you and shut down, putting a patient in vital danger.

However, even though they are beneficial to the large population, I believe embryonic stem cells are unethical. Similarly to abortion, embryonic stem cells kill innocent lives. Embryos may not be considered as a life form just yet, but they develop into human beings just like you and me. Why are we killing innocent lives? So we can save another life? It is not any better to be murdering one to save another. All the young and bright minds that would have been brought into the world, all the ideas that might have come forth, discarded for our own pleasures. There are other ways to save patients, using adult stem cells is a better alternative. Conclusively, embryonic stem cells are advantageous in medical opportunities, but while doing so, you are also killing millions of ingenuous lives.

Wake-up!!!

There are many changes in your body in the morning. After sleeping, your body is weak, and over a short period of time, it fixes this problem. Right when I wake up in the morning, I tend to notice that my arms and legs are weaker than during the day. Once, my alarm went off and I went to quiet it down. As I walked back to my bed, my legs gave away and I fell. During the night, my muscular system relaxes, when I suddenly use  them again, it is weak. Also, the moment I wake up, I open the curtains. The sunlight streams into my room, making everything bright. My eyes hurt from the bright light, and I have to shade my eyes so that it doesn't hurt as much. This happens because during the night, everything is dark and my pupils are bigger, allowing more light in. However when I first wake up, my eyes in the nervous system tells me that the combinations of allowing more light into my eyes and the large amounts of light in the room make it too much for my body to take in.

Negative feedback loops are working to make sure that the changes I experience aren't too extreme. The constant effort of trying to maintain homeostasis keeps my body ready for changes throughout the day.