What are some examples of research indicating the potential benefits of ES cell treatments?
Most diseases and injuries involve defective or damaged cells and tissues. Recent laboratory and animal research indicates that ES cells, or more specialized cells made from ES cells, could be transplanted into a patient’s body, where they could regenerate or repair a patient’s damaged cells or tissues. For example, in recent experiments conducted at Washington University in St. Louis, ES cell transplants have repaired damaged spinal cords in rats, allowing previously paralyzed rats to walk again. In January 2005, a study by Japanese scientists found that ES cell transplants reversed Parkinson’s symptoms in monkeys. Recent animal studies by medical researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that ES cell transplants restored movement to rats paralyzed with an ALS-like syndrome. And, researchers at Stanford University have successfully turned mouse ES cells into insulin-making tissue that kept diabetic mice alive, indicating that ES cells could provide a cure for juvenile diabetes. Fo
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