If they were unbound, she said, she would have greater opportunity to help cure such ailments as kidney disease, Parkinson’s disease or muscular dystrophy.But she can’t because of President Bush’s 2001 decision to limit embryonic stem cell research, in part because the cells come from human embryos that must be destroyed.Instead of having access to embryonic stem cells, Mitchell works only with stem cells from umbilical cords obtained after birth. Other researchers work with adult stem cells, which are found in bone marrow.
Source: http://www.ljworld.com/section/kunews/story/159286
[Editor: The preceding article was not written by A4M/WHN]
