Obama, Bush & Stem Cells - The Truth

There is a great deal of mis-information out there, concerning the Obama administration, the Bush administration, and the "ban on stem cell research". There was never a ban on federal funding, for any type of stem cell research, except for those studies involving embryonic stem cells. The only ban that existed, and has thus been lifted by Obama, was for the funding of research on embryonic cells. This is the only difference between the two administrations where stem cells are concerned. It is my understanding that now these funds, for which the ban has been lifted, must be used for embryonic research ONLY, although I have not researched this particular fact thoroughly.

There is new information, according to the Institute of Cellular Medicine here in Costa Rica, that embryonic stem cells are more likely to cause cancer. Their nature is to keep reproducing, as they do during the formation of a human being, and therefore they don't know when to stop. This results in the formation of tumors, when used for healing purposes.

On the other hand, adult stem cells, for which research has always been legal within the United States, is different. Since adult stem cells are for healing the body, not the creation of it, they stop working once they do their job. Again, they are found in the bone marrow. When there is trauma to the body, the injured area sends a chemical message to the stem cells. They travel to, and heal, the affected area. Adult stem cell therapy is the injection of massive amounts of these cells, for areas that have been traumatized beyond the body's natural ability to repair itself. WOW!!!