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Posted on 07/29/2008 4:27:33 PM PDT by wagglebee
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Though the debate over federal funding of embryonic stem cell research isn't as hot of a political topic in this presidential election, part of the reason could be the enormous success of adult stem cells. While embryonic cells still haven't helped a single patient, adult stem cells continue to perform miracles.
Arizona toddler Chloe Levine had cerebral palsy and was unable to perform tasks such as holding her bottle with her right hand or crawling.
After a diagnosis with a neurologist, Levine's parents say they learned she had -side hemiplegic cerebral palsy and would need nearly two decades of therapy.
Then, the Levine family learned of an experimental procedure at Duke university where doctors were using children's own stem cells from umbilical cord blood to heal and repair damaged brain tissue.
The family told Fox News that they remembered they had banked Chloe's blood and would use the cells from it to help her.
Chloe is now two-years-old and, two months ago, she had the injection of the cells.
“Her therapist said she’s made a 50 percent recovery,” her father, Ryan Levine, told Fox News. “She can walk, run, and do sign language with her right hand.”
Dr. Manny Alvarez, managing health editor of FOXNews.com, talked about the case.
“It was a miracle,” Alvarez said Monday on FOX & Friends. “I congratulate you for banking her cord blood. Stem cells are a new field of medicine and they certainly can rejuvenate the tissue.”
He urged parents to bank the cord blood of their newborn child.
“There is no downside, this is material we used to throw away,” he said. “And while the blood is most useful for the child it came from, it can sometimes be used for siblings. This is a science that is evolving more and more.”
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“This is a science that is evolving more and more.”
*shakes head* Regardless of whether one believes in evolution or not I think people on here can agree that describing scientific work as a kind of reaction to scientists’ environment as a pretty stupid metaphor.
“And because these ARE NOT embryonic stem cells, this will NEVER be given any media coverage.”
Its getting out, thats why the press has quietly let the embryonic stem cell issue slide away. They care only for their own power and money.
Perhaps “developing” would have been more appropriate...or the scientists are Lamarckian? < / humor >
Exactly, they have gone from pretending that embryonic stem cells (which private corporations have ALWAYS been allowed to use for research, but haven't because they KNEW that it would be a waste of money) were the answer to everything to ignoring stem cells altogether.
The verb “to evolve” does have legitimate uses outside of Darwinism.
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