A short segment from a YouTube video discussing ethical and legal concerns about stem cell therapy. The speaker states that embryonic and fetal stem cells cannot legally be used to treat patients in this country, mentions claims that Ukraine collects fetal tissue, and lists commonly used and legally acceptable sources: a patient’s own bone marrow, fat, menstrual blood, and umbilical cord.
One of the reasons why a lot of people are a bit wary of stem cell therapy. Is there, like, an ethical issue around that? If you're talking about ethical concerns, that means where the cells came from. You cannot treat a person using embryonic stem cells, so that's not legal. Also, you cannot treat the person using fetal cells, which means the fetus that have not been born. The most famous place that does that is Ukraine. That's their claim to fame, that they collect these fetuses. That is not allowed in this country. And what we use, besides using your own right, we can always get from your own bone marrow, your own fat or even menstrual blood. There are different places you can get stem cells, but the most common will be from the fat, bone marrow or umbilical cord. So I don't think people have any ethical objection to using our own.
