Monday, September 12, 2005

Another Example of (Adult) Stem Cell Progress

From DNC's Health News...

Human tissue grown from stem cells may be available for transplant within the next four years, say the University of Liverpool scientists leading a major European clinical-engineering initiative to accomplish the goal.


Heart failure, diabetes, chronic ulcers and neurodegenerative disorders are just a few of the diseases and conditions that could be treated using the new technology...


This is but the latest in a string of very hopeful developments in this breakthrough science. However, simply because it does involve adult stem cells, the news isn't covered well by the MSM. Even in this article, the fact that the research involves adult stem cells isn't even mentioned until the last couple of lines. Thus, one can see how even when such a story does get through to the public, confusion results. As always, it's up to us to clearly and frequently explain the difference between research that is both moral and successful (those actions which utilize "adult" stem cells) and that which exploits living human embryos.