More On Stem Cells

Perhaps Cheney would be interested in this:

The first U.S. study to transplant a potent form of purified adult stem cells into the heart muscle of patients with severe angina provided evidence that the procedure is safe and produced a reduction in angina pain as well as improved functioning in patients’ daily lives, reports the lead researcher at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

And it in the U.S. Wow! Here’s more:

Within three to six weeks after the severe angina patients were injected with their own stem cells, many who used to experience pain just from walking to the refrigerator, now only had pain when they climbed two flights of stairs.

This is the first human trial in which patients’ own purified stem cells, called CD-34 cells, were injected into their hearts in an effort to spur regrowth of small blood vessels that constitute the microcirculation of the heart muscle. Researchers believe the loss of these blood vessels contributes to the pain of chronic, severe angina.

Read the rest of the article here.

(In addition to anginas, many other diseases and conditions have
amazing potentials.) We are now seeing more and more evidence in the benefits of stem cells and stem cell research.

Oh a little honest note, sometimes it scares me that there could be more, amazing, faster medical advances (that will happen in countries other than the U.S. or be generally delayed).

There is even talk of infertility patient couples donating their unused embryos, otherwise they might just end up as medical waste.