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Haven doctors, scientists and commentators said that embryonic stem cell research will lead to the cure of many diseases?

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Haven doctors, scientists and commentators said that embryonic stem cell research will lead to the cure of many diseases?

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Some have made this claim, but in fact this is largely speculation. Embryonic stem cells have never treated a human patient, and animal trials suggest that they are too genetically unstable and too likely to form lethal tumors to be used for treatment any time soon. This kind of exaggerated “promise” has mislead researchers and patient groups before—obviously in the case of fetal tissue from abortion, which a decade ago was said to promise miracle cures and has produced nothing of the kind.