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title: "Stem Cells Research Package"
description: "A Pew Forum research package provides an overview of the debate over embryonic stem cell research, exploring public opinion on the issue, religious groups’ views on it, the science behind it and the status of stem cell research in other countries. ANALYSIS July 2008 Overview: Stem Cell Research at the Crossroads of Religion and Politics […]"
date: "2008-07-17"
authors:
  - name: "Benjamin Wormald"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2008/07/17/stem-cells-research-package-navigation-page/"
categories:
  - "Biotech"
  - "Religion & Social Values"
---

# Stem Cells Research Package

A Pew Forum research package provides an overview of the debate over embryonic stem cell research, exploring public opinion on the issue, religious groups' views on it, the science behind it and the status of stem cell research in other countries.

##### ANALYSIS July 2008

[Overview: Stem Cell Research at the Crossroads of Religion and Politics ](/Science-and-Bioethics/Stem-Cell-Research-at-the-Crossroads-of-Religion-and-Politics.aspx)

Embryonic stem cell research, which uses special cells found in three- to five-day-old human embryos to seek cures for a host of chronic diseases, has sparked a major moral and political debate in the United States.

##### ANALYSIS July 2008

[The Science Behind Stem Cell Research](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2008/07/17/the-science-behind-stem-cell-research/)

For decades, stem cells have attracted the attention of medical researchers and others because they have the capacity to develop into specialized cells that make up a variety of organ and other tissues.

##### POLL March 2009

[Public Opinion: Support For Health Care Overhaul, But It's Not 1993](http://pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/politics/report/500/support-for-health-care-overhaul)

A March 2009 poll report from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press finds that opinions about stem cell research have been fairly stable in recent years.

##### ANALYSIS July 2008

[Religious Groups' Official Positions on Stem Cell Research](/Science-and-Bioethics/Religious-Groups-Official-Positions-on-Stem-Cell-Research.aspx)

Where 17 religious groups stand on the issue of stem cell research.

##### ANALYSIS July 2008

[Stem Cell Research Around the World](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/Science-and-Bioethics/Stem-Cell-Research-Around-the-World.aspx)

The U.S. is only one of many countries playing an important role in stem cell research.

##### ANALYSIS July 2008

[Quotes on Stem Cell Research](/Science-and-Bioethics/Quotes-on-Stem-Cell-Research-from-Political,-Religious-and-Other-Prominent-Figures.aspx)

Quotes on stem cell research from political, religious and other prominent figures.