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On the early morning of September 25th 1999,
Michael�s wife Nicky, was heading out to run a few
errands in preparation for their daughters 2nd
birthday. The morning started out hectic with the
weather not making matters any easier. It had been
raining for two days straight and was expected to
stop by mid morning. Nicky decides to head out
during the rain storm in hopes it�ll lighten up, on
the way to pick up the balloons and then the cake.
On her way to the store, she stops for some gas on
the corner intersection of the highway, Gas Depot.
She pays and pulls out of the station. She merges
onto the highway relieved she made it as the light
turned red before the oncoming traffic. She adjusts
her rearview mirror and sees a symbol read �MACK�
rapidly approaching. It was all too late, as you�re
probably are guessing, that �MACK� was a truck that
was carrying a 20 ton payload, had rushed pass the
red light. Nicky�s car had been crushed and had been
wrapped around a pole. The car was disseminated with
no sign of a make or model of the car. Several
pieces were spewed along the highway. Nancy however
did manage to survive the awful accident but was in
critical condition. Nancy fell into a deep coma for
9 months. She was paralyzed from the neck down with
0% probability of ever walking again. She had no
�hope� of walking or having upper body movement.
Nicky now endures a difficult helpless life with her
husband and daughter. Nicky can never move again.
In 2008, things started
to look brighter. A new comer had come aboard vowing
to provide hope for the immobile, sick, and the
elderly. It is he who promises to improve the new
way of life of no suffering and in part, that's
because it seems to offer hope as a way to produce
new treatments to cure the devastating diseases a
human can ever endure. This new science has shown
great promises to cure or even rehabilitate a
paralyzed individual without enduring evasive
surgery or inducing several medications at a time.
It is �he� who vows to change history and provide a
new direction for science and medical research into
Stem Cell technology for the future generations to
come.
On March 9, 2009,
history was made -the newly elected President Obama
had delivered his promise by abolishing the
contentious Bush-era restraints on stem-cell
research. The action by the president will, in
effect, allow scientists to create their own
guidelines without proper moral restraints. One
company this summer will begin the world's first
study of a treatment using human embryonic stem
cells, in people who recently suffered spinal cord
injuries. Research institutions on Monday were
gearing up to ask for more freely flowing federal
money, and the National Institutes of Health was
creating guidelines on how to hand it out and
include ethical constraints.
What is Stem Cell?
Stem cells are
unprogrammed cells in the human body that can be
described as "shape shifters." These cells have the
ability to change into other types of cells. Stem
cells are at the center of a new field of science
called reparative or regenerative medicine. Because
stem cells can become bone, muscle, cartilage and
other specialized types of cells, they have the
potential to treat many diseases, including
Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancer.
Eventually, they may also be used to regenerate
organs, reducing the need for organ transplants and
related surgeries. Stem cells can typically be
broken into four types:
:� Embryonic stem cells
- Stem cells taken from human embryos
� Fetal stem
cells- Stem cells taken from aborted fetal tissue
� Umbilical stem
cells - Stem cells take from umbilical cords
� Adult stem cells
- Stem cells taken from adult tissue
Embryonic and
fetal stem cells have the potential to morph into a
greater variety of cells than adult stem cells do.
You can research more on Stem Cell here -
http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/
Future Promises
Imagine the promises,
stem cell can one day provide Nancy the ability to
walk again. It was that day Nancy began believing in
�Hope�. It was that day that dreams came true for
many that suffer from spinal injuries such as
(Christopher Reeve); or Parkinson's (Michael J. Fox)
and juvenile diabetes (Jerry and Janet Zucker and
Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher).
If we could look into
the future and see the full capabilities the new
science of stem cell rejuvenating would deliver just
as IBM once did by introducing the first computer
that revolutionized human technology. Stem cell will
also one day revolutionize humanity and provide
�hope� for the incurable or the immobile, for the
hopes like Nancy or Mr. Reeves or even Michael J.
Fox.
The Future Promises of
Modern Medicine and How Stem Cell will Deliver
Tomorrow�s future begins
with today�s actions. With new funding provided by
the government, the US may now begin towards a new
journey of medical science for which our country has
fallen well behind the research of the likes of
Japan and Europe. We will become the world�s
leaders. Supporters contend that embryonic stem cell
research has shown the most promise for growing
replacements for damaged tissue, which could lead to
treatments for myriad diseases including diabetes,
Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and spinal cord injuries.
Today�s Neuralstem Inc (CUR) will one day be Sun
Microsystems (Java), StemCell Inc (STEM) will be one
day, be tomorrow�s next IBM, today�s Geron Corp. (GERN)
will one day be, tomorrow�s next Google, and today�s
Cytori Therapeutics Inc (CYTX) will one day be,
tomorrow�s next Apple. (Side not) Cell Therapeutics
Inc. (CTIC) has just begun to demonstrate the
returns one can be rewarded with. These are our
leaders for tomorrow. They will lead us to the next
level of modern day medicine.
I suggest reading the
book �The Stem Cell Divide� by Michael Bellomo which
discusses the political referendum and influence of
reform of stem cell research. There will be several
start-up companies that provide assistance to
companies mentioned above. With each dollar
invested, the human race will soon rid of the common
diseases. Now is the perfect opportunity to invest
for tomorrow�s future. Stem Cell is here to stay
with the assistance of government funding and the
�Promises� of tomorrow�s cure!!! |
