Originally posted by Arrogathor:
..........................It follows, therefore, that there is no clinical therapeutic application of embryonic stem cells. They will play a key role in stem cell research in building the data base necessary for adult stem cell therapy, but researching them for clinical uses is a dead end, a blind alley.
Yes there are more dangers using embryonic stem cells from others. Non embryonic stem cells taken from a patient to be used for the same patient's benifit, IS inherently safer.
Even a standard blood transfusions have a modicum of danger, that may take years to surface.
Stem cells are multiversal items present in all life. But its also a new science barely out of its infancy. Have a little more faith in the researchers of stem cell science today, before stateing there are any 'dead ends'.
INTERESTING STEM CELL CURES
An insulin-dependent Argentinean man was injected with non-embryonic stem cells taken from his hip and his pancreas has begun creating insulin again. In fact, the man's glucose levels have returned to normal and he does not require medication to keep them there. Clinical trials will continue, with 35 patients who have volunteered for the experimental treatment.
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Stem cell treatement being carried out at the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead UK, has already helped 40 people see again.
The surgery at the hospital has been developed over the past five years.
Stem cells from the patient or a donor are used to redevelop the cornea, the transparent film at the front of the eye which lets in light. Opthalmic surgeon Sheraz Daya said: "Many people who've had injuries to their eyes, or even people born with congenital deficiencies of stem cells, land up having a problem with the top layer of their cornea.
"Even if we do a corneal transplant, that will not stay clear, it'll cloud over and fail. "So what we need to do is replace those stem cells that are missing."
Among the 40 people who have already had their eyesight restored is Deborah Catlyn. She was blind in one eye from the age of seven and then became partially-sighted in the other eye after an acid attack in a nightclub. The treatment at Queen Victoria Hospital meant Ms Catlyn could see her daughter properly for the first time.
"I thought, 'My God, is that really my baby, look at her she's beautiful'," she said.
