A stem cell is the root of the development of all the cells in the body. It has yet to become a cell with a defined purpose.    There are embryonic stem cells, that is cells derived from an embryo in a laboratory. These cells are called pluripotent as they can be capable of developing into [...]

For years in order to harvest embryonic stem cells, which are believed to be one of the greatest hopes for curing any number of diseases and conditions including Parkinson’s disease, diabetes and spinal injury related mobility problems, the embryo from which they were being harvested had to be destroyed as a part of the process. [...]

Stem cell research has been in the headlines on and off since 1998. And nothing was more controversial from day one that the use of embryonic stem cells in medical research, even if it was being carried out with the hope that one day such research could lead to a cure for Parkinson’s disease or [...]