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Originally Posted by U-533
Has anyone looked into "Adult Stem-cell Research"?
As I understand it "Adult Stem-cells" have proven not to cause tumors.
Where the "Embryonic Stem-cells" do and have done worse.
There is a difference one research is working and the other is not. Why the Media keeps pushing "Embryonic Stem-cells"  ? |
Embryonic stem cells are easier to collect (you know where to get them), and are easier to from into what you want. Adult stem cells take longer as the have to be extracted from the blood, they also don't generate as well, due to them being "older"
Adult stem cells have a big advatage in treatment as they woun't be considered forigen bodies when they are put back into the patiant.
The reason the media pushes embryonic stem cells is that they have a better PR machine pushing it than adult, as the effot to get the required "material" is harder (laws, ethics and supply)