Resolved Question: As religious zealots still fight the use of Stem Cells will success like this spark a change in their thinking?

24 January 2012, 4:35 am

"Last summer, each patient was injected in one eye with cells derived from embryonic stem cells at the University of California, Los Angeles. One patient had the "dry" form of age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness. The other had a rare disorder known as Stargardt disease that causes serious vision loss. There's no cure for either eye problem." Embryonic stem cells can transform into any cell of the body. Scientists are hoping to harness embryonic stem cells to create a variety of replacement tissues for transplant, but their use has been controversial because human embryos have to be destroyed to harvest the cells. Both women are still legally blind, and the research goes on... but there are indications that this may lead to some levels of recovery from blindness. Can such things really be considered bad for humanity at any level? Really?.... Read More »

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