... adult stem cells, from bones, skin, even fat, are becoming more "flexibles", due to new techniques and experimentations, and sometimes are better than embrionic stem cells ?
So, we think, embrionic stem cells research it's not only unethical, it's probably also useless, if we just can wait for a while.
A sample ? Type II diabetes and obesity.
Here it is the link to an article from TechJournalSouth, http://www.techjournalsouth.com/news/article.html?item_id=1595
It has been developed a technology and a specific kit that "has practical application for the discovery and development of drugs to treat obesity and type II diabetes."
"these kits are suitable for use with any lipid containing cell including hepatocytes (liver cells) and skeletal muscle".
Moreover, fat stem cells are also more useful for engineering and repairing smooth muscle tissues and, generally, "adult stem cells, from bone marrow, umbilical cord blood, nasal tissue, and even fat, have a flexibility that can be harnessed in treatment regimens" - Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/google_login.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB115466117375126716.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj
We could argue: is it so necessary embrionic experimentation ?
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