or any given medical problem, it seems, there's a research team trying to use stem cells to find a solution. In clinical trials to treat ... The idea of the trial, run by Philadelphia-based Bioquark, is to inject stem cells into the spinal cords of people who have been declared clinically brain-dead. read more
Embryonic stem cell research is "thought to have much greater developmental potential than adult stem cells" (“Types”). Unfortunately, with this great potential come many controversial issues. In order to obtain embryonic stem cells, scientists need to destroy the blastocyst or embryo, which has led to ethical issues. read more
Doctors have been performing bone marrow stem cell transplants for decades. But when scientists learned how to remove stem cells from human embryos in 1998, both excitement and controversy ensued. The excitement was due to the huge potential these cells have in curing human disease. read more