What an absolutely AMAZING breakthrough!


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I know, 4 days and he was completely healed. This device deserves fast-tracking if ever there was justification for it. I have a neighbor who was a volunteer fireman until he suffered 2nd degree burns over 68 % of his body during a factory/chemical plant fire 2 years ago. Now he is dis-figured for life and this device could quite possibly have greatly reduced some of that if not all of that dis-figurement.

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Yes in this case I agree...they didnt have to kill an embryo first to get it

This is a common misconception with stem cell therapy. As a spinal cord injury patient myself, I am very interested in stem cell research. At first I thought stem cells only came from aborted babies and was dead-set against it. However, we all have stem cells just not as many as we get older. Stem cells are the cells before they become specialized. Umbilical cord blood is also being saved in an effort to have stem cells for worthy causes.

When you're in a situation where stem cells or other "radical treatment" could help you re-gain a level of normality, it's amazing what you will consider and educate yourself about.

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Adult stem cells are regenerative cells of the human body that can be coaxed to become a whole host of tissues, including heart tissue and neural matter. With these adult stem cells, physicians have successfully treated autoimmune diseases such as lupus, multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, and rheumatoid arthritis. They have also restored proper cardiac function to heart attack victims, and improved movement in spinal cord injury patients. Embryonic stem cells have yet to yield one single success in the treatment of any ailment."

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Yes in this case I agree...they didnt have to kill an embryo first to get it

this is a huge concept. the biggest road block is getting people to realize that stem cells don't need to come from embryos. back in highschool (2002) i did my senior paper on cloning with embryonic stem cells, but i learned a ton about using other stem cells.

in the movie I-Robot will smith just sprays his arm to get skin over it again. i thought that was crazy, but i guess it wasn't that far off.

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