... blood Stem Cells 19 Fundamentals of the Stem Cell Debate The Scientific, Religious, Ethical, and Political Issues Edited byKristen Renwick Monroe,Ronald B. Miller, and Jerome S. Tobis UNIVERSITY ... shaping up as the crux of the debate over stem cell research: politics. The next two chapters of the volume are devoted to the politics of stem cell research. Larry Goldstein discusses stem cell politics ... research, therapy, and public policy. Miller beginswith a brief recapitulation of normal embryologic development and the sources of stem cells and then quotes a statement of ethical goals for stem cell...