A new Age has began as scientists pursue their efforts to harness the versatility of embryonic stem cells and to find a solution to man’s suffering brought about by sickness and disease. The embryonic stem cells have the ability to transform into blood, bone, skin or any type of cell. The dream is that one day diseased and dysfunctional cells can be replaced to help people with their spinal cord injuries, cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.
Think about this. A man has for many years been bothered by his heart disease. He experiences chest pains very often. The doctor thinks that unless he undergoes a heart bypass operation he may not be able to survive. Or, consider the case of a man who is in need of a specific organ or tissue in his body. He needs this organ or tissue within a few months otherwise he may not be able to survive a few more months. His problem is that there are many other patients who are also in need of the same organ or tissue. The demand is great but the supply is lacking.
The current research on stem cells seems to be the answer to these contemporary problems of man. It is said that the human stem cells is very promising because of its unique capacity to generate cells and research that could later on be used to supply our need for important organs and tissues of our body. It is because of this reason that scientists say that “the discovery, isolation, and culturing of human embryonic stem cells has been described as one of the most significant breakthroughs in biomedicine of the century.”
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