Just Another Reason

I have been in favor of stem cell research from the start. However, if I wasn't before, the following would have convinced me. In the UK, scientists have created human inner ear cells from fetal stem cells. What this means is that there is potential to replace abnormal or damaged inner ear cells with stem cells obtained from frozen embryos. Hopefully, permanent hearing loss could be reversed and a variety of different cell types could be developed. Currently this does not yet signal a cure for deafness. If research is adequately funded and, as indicated by the new administration in the White House, given the green light, we can hope to see many and varied advances using fetal stem cells.