Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Adult Stem Cell Research? Why Not?
I saw a National Geographic documentary where a man with heart problems had triple bypass surgery. In addition to this surgery, the doctors took stem cells from his bone marrow and injected them into his heart. Three months after the surgery, his heart was pumping more blood than before, and he was playing basketball again. The doctors felt the adult stem cells worked. There are many more examples of such success stories, which the media won't report. So I'd like to pose this question to everyone, "Why is everybody obsessed with embryonic stem cell research, when adult stem cells are more readily available and are proven to work?"
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Recommended Books
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