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This section details just some of the advances in stem cell research and the actual treatments that have resulted from using ethical adult stem cell research. Stories about stem cell treatments are sorted by specific conditions treated or body systems affected by the conditions.

Adult Stem Cell Sources

Aug. 28, 2010 - The Washington Post featured a story on how Harvard biologists were able to transform one type of cell from mice into a completely different cell type. Researchers hope they'll eventually be able to use this research to reprogram ordinary adult cells into cells which could help treat various diseases like diabetes.
Feb. 1, 2010 - South Korean researchers have found evidence that bone marrow adult stem cells, which are used in many current treatments and experiments, may be found in human fat. Researchers hope the discovery could result in less invasive procedures to obtain the cells from fat instead of the marrow inside of bones.

June 17, 2009 - Brazilian researchers suggested that discarded fallopian tubes from hysterectomies could be a source of adult stem cells. The researchers were able to extract the adult stem cells and turn them into healthy muscle, fat, cartilage and bone cell lines. The cells could also be useful for studying and treating fertility problems.
Jan. 8, 2009 - Stem cells have been isolated from human testes by researchers at Stanford University. The cells showed some of the characteristics of embryonic stem cells, and may be used in future experiments with fertility treatments and other research.
Jan. 8, 2007 - Wake Forest researchers have found that amniotic fluid contains stem cells that can be turned into a variety of cell types.
Apr. 21, 2003 - Researchers have discovered that baby teeth contain adult stem cells.

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Stem Cell Fact Sheets

Show Me the Treatments
See a list of ailments in human patients that have been successfully treated with adult stem cells. To date, there are NO ailments treated with human embryonic stem cells. Not one human patient has been part of a human embryonic stem cell trial. PDF

Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Putting Women at Risk

Where will all the eggs come from? Using embryonic stem cells from cloned human embryos to treat a single disease would require an impossible number of reproductive-aged women to go through the onerous and sometimes dangerous process of donating their eggs. PDF

Fact Sheet - Advances in Ethical Stem Cell Research

Proponents of human embryonic stem cell research often cite all of the potential treatments that may result from the research but fail to mention that human life is destroyed when removing these cells from a human embryo. Now researchers have pioneered a different kind of treatment that carries the same potential for treating disease... without destroying human lives. PDF

The Embryonic Stem Cell Research Money Trail

Some embryonic stem cell researchers are interested in more than curing patients. They're interested in obtaining patents. Learn how some embryonic stem cell researchers are fighting to make big profits off of embryonic stem cells. PDF

The Great Stem Cell Debate: Understanding the Basics
As the debate over stem cells rages on, Right to Life of Michigan has put together a fact sheet discussing basic information about the issue and the difference between adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells. PDF

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