January 9, 2009

Birth defects can be undone by stem cells

There has been a lot of work done in the field of stem cell research, this has been met by equally good and bad thoughts on whether this is a good idea or not.

The problem is that although some people are set against this being used as a treatment, the benefits are often outweighing the concerns.

Like this recent research where it has been found that by injecting stem cells directly into the brain, this treatment has been found to reverse neural brain defects, obviously, this is test done in mice, but the benefits of this treatment are certainly there to be seen.

Clearly the very idea of using stem cells would not appeal to a lot of people, but the whole thing needs to be weighed up and a definitive answer found as to whether this treatment is worth taking a chance on.

Source [Technology Review]