Stem Cell Research

In the background section or background “report”, establish common ground and common understandings (in other words, common information about the topic) which both you and your reader can agree upon (you are NOT arguing anything in this section of your much longer research paper!!!).  You may offer your reader an informational context for understanding whatever arguments may exist for your subtopic (in other words, “this side believes this . . . but, ON THE OTHER HAND, this side believes this . . . ) and offer basic information on your subtopic that you may develop later.
DO NOT WORRY ABOUT AN “INTRODUCTION” OR A “CONCLUSION” OR EVEN A “THESIS STATEMENT” FOR THIS REPORT! YOU ARE SIMPLY BEGINNING WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO BEGIN  . . . MAYBE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH A DEFINITION PARAGRAPH, OR A HISTORICAL PARAGRAPH, OR USING WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID, ETC.  SIMPLY BEGIN WITH ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL OPTIONS YOU HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN AND USE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS TO MAKE THE “BACKGROUND REPORT” FLOW SMOOTHLY.
This section will provide your readers with a context to help them understand an issue: its DEFINITION, development, scope, critical terms, and whatever else elucidates and explains the topic.

I need sources listed also.