One needn’t search hard for new breakthroughs in adult stem cell research. Even with the mainstream media strongly favoring embryonic stem cell research, stories of new cures, new uses, and new discoveries emerge on an almost daily basis. Around the world, scientists are broadening the lead adult stem cell research has over embryonic stem cell research. Currently, the score is 70+ to 0, in favor of adult stem cell research.
The most recent news comes from Australia, where scientists at Griffin University found that adult stem cells from patients’ own noses can be used to treat Parkinson’s disease, helping to reverse the loss of muscle control.
When scientists harvested nasal stem cells and placed them in the brains of rats, the chemical in the brain that promotes muscle control spiked. Rats infected with Parkinson’s went from running in circles to being able to run in straight lines. Moreover, no tumors developed in the subject rats.
This treatment using adult stem cells will eventually be used on human patients, joining other treatments that are already being used to treat and cure 70+ human diseases.
And where are the embryonic stem cell cures? There are none. There are no studies—on humans or animals—that have given us any cures or treatments using embryonic stem cells.
And while embryonic stem cells cannot cure, they can kill. Studies have revealed that treatments using embryonic and fetal stem cells cause devastating results in patients, including the formation of tumors. In one study treating Parkinson’s patients with fetal stem cells, the patients developed worse shaking than they had before the treatment.
With study after study trumpeting the successes of adult stem cell research, it is getting harder for the media to ignore the obvious superiority of adult stem cell research.
