
Originally Posted by
weirjf
There are 2 types of stem cells; embrionic and host. Embryonic stem cells are the ones that come from embryos, host stem cells come from the person getting the treatment. Embryonic stem cell research has issues because of the source and have been shown to have significant issues when using them in a host body that does not share DNA, including becoming cancerous.
Host stem cells have never had a ban on them. They are harvested from the person that needs the treatment (like in the video) and are 100% compatable because they were retrieved from the person getting the treatment. It doesn't require embryo harvesting, abortions etc and doesn't come with all of the bad side-effects like a % chance to turn into cancer cells as they split.
It seems only Americans are obsessed with stem cells being harvested from embryos and trying to make it work versus getting stem cells from the host body which takes about an hour at most and are 100% compatable and are far superior to embryonic. The ban on embryonic stem cells is what fast-tracked the technology and processes used to harvest stem cells from the person needing the treatment and lead to THIS technology.
Would you rather be burned and get sprayed with something that can bring you back to normal in 4 days or get sprayed with something that can bring you back to normal in 4 days but you need to be screened for skin cancer until you are sure it worked?