Hope, Science and Tomorrow: Stem Cell Research in 2009

From: Huffingtonpost
The year 2008 was filled with fear and doubt about the future and the strength of humanity, yet the science community still made astonishing advances. With science funding at an all-time low, we managed to successfully cure a 2-year-old's fatal genetic disease and to remove HIV and leukemia from a 42-year-old using stem-cell transplants.
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My Comments:
I don't know a great deal about the science behind stem cell research, but from what I've read, there are some very exciting developments in the field. Including, as mentioned in the article above, the ability to turn adult cells back into stem cells and then into whatever type of cells are needed, thus eliminating the use of embryos and the associated controversy. This research also appears to be on the cusp of curing many diseases and in fact even reducing the effects of aging.