[GreyFriar]

The only stem cell research that has ever had and positive results, that I’ve heard of, has been based upon stem cells from ADULTS, NOT embryos.

[RedMDer]

That’s right. My father in law has been successfully treated using his own cels.

[exDemMom]

The only stem cell research that has ever had and positive results, that I’ve heard of, has been based upon stem cells from ADULTS, NOT embryos.

Stem cells can be harvested from parts left over after childbirth: the placenta and umbilicus (which are both baby tissues). These would be a good source for future treatments for the child as he/she grows, since they would be an exact tissue match.

It makes more sense to take stem cells that already have characteristics of the mature tissue--i.e. stem cells harvested from the patient whom they are destined to treat--than to try to induce completely undifferentiated stem cells into developing into that tissue. Using embryonic or fetal stem cells has always been highly problematic, for that reason and others. Another main problem is that embryonic and fetal cells are figuratively bathing in soups of growth regulators, which both give them signals to grow as fast as possible and to stop growth. Removed from those regulators, they want to grow unstoppably.

[Mygirlsmom]

But the stem-cell wars are far from over. There is a third designation of stem cells that is little known but is gaining momentum: the fetal stem cell. Human beings are called embryos for the first eight weeks after fertilization. After that, we enter the fetal stage, which is from nine weeks post-fertilization until birth. Fetal stem cells are stem cells harvested during the fetal stage of development.

Fetal stem cells, often procured from elective abortions, are disingenuously classified as “adult” stem cells simply because they do not come from embryos. Needless to say, this creates great confusion, even causing pro-lifers to tout “adult” stem-cell successes when the stem cells originally came from an aborted fetus

In other words, aborted baby parts can produce stem cells that will be labeled as "adult"

[Salvation]

These are fully grown babies, not adults, but definitely not embryos.

Watch the video.