From an issue of last week's The Guardian (U.K.) comes another great breakthrough report for the use of adult stem cells -- not potential; not maybe; not a study that shows a bit of a long hope for eventual use -- but treatment that is already underway and greatly helping patients. Here's an excerpt...
The first clinical trial to implant blood vessels grown entirely from a patient's own cells was declared a success yesterday by a team of American scientists.
Two patients have so far received transplant blood vessels that were grown in a dish from a clump of their own skin cells. In both cases, the patients were said to be progressing well after their operations and the blood vessels were performing "perfectly".