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Embryonic Cells

Introduction

Group C: Amy Decker and Barbarann EricksonKaplan University

MN5066 March 2017

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Embyonic Stem CellsPolicy Issue

Policy IssueEmbyonic Stem Cells Research and Treatments

• Stem cell research is a highly controversial issue

• Embryonic stem cells poses ethical and legal issues

• Embryonic stem cells have proven effective treatment for

various diseases

• To harvest these stem cells an embryo is aborted to extract

the stem cells.

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("Miracle cells to cure blindness - CNN.com," n.d.)

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Embyonic Stem CellsMovenote

Movenote

Movenote Presentation URL:

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https://www.movenote.com/v/jKu_-wdqa312O

("embryonic stem cells - Google Search," n.d.)

("embryonic stem cells - Google Search," n.d.)

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Embryonic Stem CellsGovernment Response

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History

The controversy led to Congress passed the Dickey-Wicker amendment in 1995 to prohibit federal funding of research that involved the destruction of embryos ("Funding the Future: Embryonic Stem Cell Research | Almost Human," n.d.).

In 2001, President Bush passed an executive order that put multiple restrictions on stem cell research (Furman et al, 2012).

In 2009, president Obama reversed this order with a new order called “Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research involving Human Stem Cells" (Furman et al, 2012).

("embryonic stem cells - Google Search," n.d.)

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Embryonic Stem CellsProposed Bill

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Proposed Bill

Proposition: funding for embryonic stem cells research and clinical trials

This is a proposition for a federal bill

Recommendation: allow the development and the use of embryonic stem cells for use in research and clinical trials

Possible benefits: to find a cure for millions of people that are dying from progressive diseases, I.e. Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s & Huntington’s, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Cui, Wang, Li, Shi, & Wang, 2016).

("21st Century Cures Act. (2015) - Google Search," n.d.)

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Embryonic Stem CellsAssessment

Assessment

Legislative and Policy-Making Strategies that Influence Healthcare

The nursing profession is a formidable power that can influence the day-to-day world of the politics and legislation.

Nurses can do this by initiating policy proposals, changing or vetoing others' proposals, and/or substantially influencing the implementation of health policy (Griffith, Paul-Shaheen, & Pamela Ann).

Professional organizations monitor public policy and alerts their members about current health policy (Griffith, Paul-Shaheen, & Pamela Ann) .

There are three phases of policy making: the formulation phase, the implementation phase, and the evaluation phase

1. formulation phase: propose a desired outcome, strategize to achieve outcomes, needed resources are identified ("Influencing Health Care in the Legislative Arena," n.d.).

2. implementation phase: disseminating information, adopting a policy, placing the policy into action ("Influencing Health Care in the Legislative Arena," n.d.).

3. evaluation phase: amend or rewrite to adjust to changing circumstances ("Influencing Health Care in the Legislative Arena," n.d.).

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Embryonic Stem CellsAdvocacy

Advocacy

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Advocacy

Embryonic stem cell research fulfills the ethical obligation to alleviate human suffering.

Since excess IVF embryos will be discarded anyway, isn’t it better that they be used in valuable research? (RUSU et al., 2016)

The blastocyst used in stem cell research is microscopically small and has no nervous system. Does it count as a “person” who has a right to life? (RUSU et al., 2016)

Let’s regulate the research, not outlaw it.

("21st Century Cures Act. (2015) - Google Search," n.d.)

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Embryonic Stem CellsImplementation

Implementation

National Adoption of Embryonic Stem Research

Focus on National Policy Changes

Continue to support Obama’s 2009 order “Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research involving Human Stem Cells" (Furman et al, 2012).

Lobby for additional funding for Embryonic Stem Cell research and clinical trials

Continue to educate legislators on benefits of Embryonic Stem Cells research

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("embryonic stem cells law - Google Search," n.d.)

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Embryonic Stem CellsSummary

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Embryonic stem cells have proven effective treatment for various diseases

Restricting federal funding to embryonic stem cell research slows progress into finding possible cures for various diseases.

Millions of people are dying from progressive diseases, I.e. Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s & Huntington’s, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

It is unethical and immoral to ask people with progressive diseases and severe brain and spinal cord injuries to wait years for embryonic stem cells research or clinical trials

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References

C ANA Announces Support For The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act 2007 (1/11). (n.d.). Retrieved

from http://www.nursingworld.org/FunctionalMenuCategories/

MediaResources/PressReleases/2007/PR0111078582.aspx

Cui, G., Wang, Y., Li, C., Shi, C., & Wang, W. (2016). Efficacy of mesenchymal stem cells in

treating patients with osteoarthritis of the knee: A meta-analysis. Experimental and

Therapeutic Medicine. doi:10.3892/etm.2016.3791

Dickey-Wicker Amendment, 1996 | The Embryo Project Encyclopedia. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/dickey-wicker-amendment-1996

Embryonic stem cells - Google Search. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1600&bih=832&tbm=isch&q=embryonic+

stem+cells&chips=q:embryonic+stem+cells,g_1:research&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj85LT

Syr3SAhXor1QKHeexCWcQ4

Eembryonic stem cells law - Google Search. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://www.google.com/search?q=embryonic+stem+cells+law&biw=1600&bih=832

&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQqLfvjL7SAhUoqVQKHYitCbwQ_AUIBygC#imgrc

=0ODEyPUrAlfiVM:

Funding the Future: Embryonic Stem Cell Research | Almost Human. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://my.vanderbilt.edu/almosthuman/2013/04/funding-the-future-embryonic-stem-cell-

research/

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References Cont.. 

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Griffith, J., Paul-Shaheen, & Pamela Ann. (2014). Exploring the dimensions of state policymaking: A

health care perspective.

Influencing Health Care in the Legislative Arena. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/553404_5

Miracle cells to cure blindness - CNN.com. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/07/health/using-stem-cells-to-cure-blindness/

RUSU, E., NECULA, L. G., NEAGU, A. I., ALECU, M., STAN, C., ALBULESCU, R., &

TANASE, C. P. (2016). Current status of stem cell therapy: opportunities and

limitations. TURKISH JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY, 40, 955-967. doi:10.3906/biy-1506-95

The 21st Century Cures Act. (2015) - Google Search. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://www.google.com/search?q=The+21st+Century+Cures+Act.+(2015)&

biw=1600&bih=832&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjskcnOmr

7SAhVJl1QKHULPCTYQ_AUICSgE#imgrc=HOetixDObqTOBM:

The 21st Century Cures Act. (2015). New England Journal of Medicine, 373(17), 1677-1680.

doi:10.1056/nejmc1509640

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References Cont.

The 21st Century Cures Act. (2015) - Google Search. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://www.google.com/search?q=The+21st+Century+Cures+Act.+(2015)&biw=

1600&bih=832&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjskcnOmr7SAhVJl

1QKHULPCTYQ_AUICSgE#tbm=isch&q=Embryonic+stem+cells+advocacy&*&imgrc=

P3es0TcJPnKb3M:

US court halts government funding of stem cell research (Update). (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://phys.org/news/2010-08-court-halts-funding-stem-cell.html