A South Korean woman paralyzed for 20 years is walking again after scientists say they repaired her damaged spine using stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood. They said it was the world's first published case in which a patient with spinal cord injuries had been successfully treated with stem cells from umbilical cord blood.
It is still to early to tell if this is a major breakthrough or just a fluke. But, What happens when foreign companies and governments make breakthroughs like this while we sit back and let fear rule science. Will our pharmaceutical companies and medical research schools lose dominance in the world market? It should be noted that these were NOT embryonic stem cells- But, the negitive stigma still hangs on.
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