Awesome! I know it won't "make the news" because the child's own stem cells were used. That means they were adult stem cells, not embryonic. What a pity! It should be shouted from every rooftop in America: adult stem cells SAVE lives!
To: Former Fetus
unfortunately it looks as though the procedure aged him quite a bit... but the lad on the left seems to be able to raise his spirits.
teeman
2 posted on
07/26/2012 1:50:10 PM PDT by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: Former Fetus
adult stem cells can do amazing things but the pointless, useless embryonic stem cell research gets all the funding
3 posted on
07/26/2012 1:59:16 PM PDT by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: Former Fetus
Awesome news!
And no human beings were destroyed for this treatment.
4 posted on
07/26/2012 2:10:14 PM PDT by
MrNJ
To: Former Fetus
“The organ itself is strong, has not shown signs of rejection, “
A long time ago when I went to college, the trachea was not considerd an “organ”. Organs are generally supposed to have a parenchyma (the part that has a function.
To: Former Fetus
It has grown 4-1/3 inches. That is pretty amazing! (I assume they will stop the growth when everything fits — by withdrawing the growth hormone.)
7 posted on
07/26/2012 3:11:12 PM PDT by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
To: Former Fetus
Couldn’t agree with you more. Big Pharma though seems to have more at stake in embryonic stem cells.
Mel
9 posted on
07/26/2012 3:51:38 PM PDT by
melsec
(Once a Jolly Swagman camped by a Billabong....)
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