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Article: ADULT STEM CELL VERSATILITY EVEN AFTER INJURY, NO NEURONS FROM BLOOD STEM CELLS FOUND.
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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Byline: Anette Breindl, Science Editor
Adult stem cells have none of the ethical issues associated with them that make embryonic stem cells so contentious. For that reason, they often are cited by opponents as an alternative that makes embryonic stem cell research unnecessary.
That suggestion is based on ethical concerns, not scientific evidence. Few scientists, regardless of what type of stem cells they personally work on, would subscribe to the view that enough is currently known about adult stem cells to confidently dismiss embryonic stem cell research as unnecessary.
And in work published in the May 17, 2005, issue of the Journal of ...