Good on you Obama.....

[Catty1]

Recently there seem to be more and more reports about getting stem cells from non-embryonic sources. Hopefully this will become the main supply at some time.

Simply because embryonic stem cell use can be very controversial.

Here's hoping for some medical miracles ahead.

[Marigold2]

Yes it is indeed a great day. Obama did a brave and wise thing.
Umblical cords are usually thrown in an incenorator(sic) anyway.

[carole]

Exactly, if they are going to be thrown away, why not put them to good use, and save millions of people suffering,and cure some very nasty horrible diseases, I am 100 per cent behind Obama, and without the government funding, i seriously doubt the research would go very far.

[blue]

Im gonna be the downer here, shocking I know.

Using embryonic stem cells is riskier then using adult stem cells (ASC), this includes stem cells from cordal fluids. The risk of rejection from ASCs is much less likely to happen, less risk to the patient, and much less questionable ethicly.

I do not consider this a brave or even an insiteful move in anyway shape or form.

[Grace]

Using embryonic stem cells is riskier then using adult stem cells (ASC), this includes stem cells from cordal fluids. The risk of rejection from ASCs is much less likely to happen, less risk to the patient, and much less questionable ethicly.

LINK to an NIH site with info about stem cells - both embryonic and adult.

[blue]

LINK to an NIH site with info about stem cells - both embryonic and adult.

From your link.

A potential advantage of using stem cells from an adult is that the patient's own cells could be expanded in culture and then reintroduced into the patient. The use of the patient's own adult stem cells would mean that the cells would not be rejected by the immune system. This represents a significant advantage as immune rejection is a difficult problem that can only be circumvented with immunosuppressive drugs.

[Grace]

Also from my link -

Human embryonic and adult stem cells each have advantages and disadvantages regarding potential use for cell-based regenerative therapies. Of course, adult and embryonic stem cells differ in the number and type of differentiated cells types they can become. Embryonic stem cells can become all cell types of the body because they are pluripotent. Adult stem cells are generally limited to differentiating into different cell types of their tissue of origin.

6 of one; half a dozen of the other. Both of us can come up with facts to back up each of our view points. Neither of us is wrong - we simply have differing thoughts on this subject.