[muawiyah]

Not discounting anything. What I wonder, though, is why we seem to have stem cells available for repairs but the body seems not to have any mechanism to move them on-site to do the repairs.

Could a viral infection have inhibited a normal process?

[lakey]

What I wonder, though, is why we seem to have stem cells available for repairs but the body seems not to have any mechanism to move them on-site to do the repairs.

Maybe our brains haven't evolved far enough to utilize our capacity to do many things, as in "Physician, heal thyself."

In the last couple of days, I've read and heard in media that prayer doesn't cure patients. Well, I'm sure a number of FReepers would argue that point.

[neverdem]

What I wonder, though, is why we seem to have stem cells available for repairs but the body seems not to have any mechanism to move them on-site to do the repairs.

Wasn't there a recent article on stem cells that discussed their movement within the central nervous system.