i have no use for it.

Typical liberal....shallow, vein and can't keep from blaming George Bush for everything. Grow up and get a real job, sweetie!

Lies, lies and more lies. The kind of stem cell research that resulted in this treatment does not involve embryonic stem cells so that is irrelevant to the topic at hand. Secondly, the private sector was always able to do this kind of research. The writer wastes the first paragraph taking a jab at a past President for actions that had nothing to do at all with the treatment under discussion. Bald faced liberal lies, when they aren't even necessary.

The Bush administration did not ban all stem cell research, only embryonic stem cell research. Embryonic stem cells have cured zero, zilch, nada people. On the contrary, adult stem cells are readily available and have cured countless individuals from cancer and other diseases. Get your facts straight.

Interesting, the author has absolutely no clear understanding of the Bush stand on stem cells or its real implications. None whatsoever. Like the fact that federal funding was not cut, but rather was supposed to be used on existing stem cell lines. Like the fact that scientists were in agreement that there were sufficient existing lines. But wow, now that he's gone, she can have a injectible face lift! Wow! Liberals rejoice!

This is just ONE advantage of stem cell use. Soon we will have the sick cured because of stem cell research

YOU ARE SOOO WRONG...MY SISTER WAS GOING TO BE A "CORD-BLOOD" TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT FOR "LEUKEMIA" AT "VANDERBILT HOSPITAL"...DURING PRESIDENT BUSH'S ADMIN...SHE DEVELOPED O-T-H-E-R COMPLICATIONS WHICH REQUIRED SURGERIES WHICH, UNDER SUCH "STRESSES TO HER BODY" CAUSED HER DEATH....THIS DOES N-O-T REQUIRE "STEM CELLS" FROM THE "UNBORN ABORTED FETUS"...IT IS OBTAINED FROM THE "PLACENTAS" FROM A BABY/MOM ACTUAL "B-I-R-T-H"...N-O ABORTION NEEDED....WHICH IS R-E-A-L-L-Y THE "LEFT'S" MAIN PENCHANT...FOR "ABORTIONS"!!!

Actually Under Mr. Bush stem cell research was not stopped. What was stopped was GOVERNMENTAL funds from Tax payors" being used to fund "EMBRYOTIC Stem Cell Research" This means that funds provided by taxpayors who did not want to support experimentation on Embryos was not allowed to be used to fund such research. Independent research was still allowed and research on stem cell lines from sources other than embryos was still allowed. So the entire premise of this artical is inartiuculate, inflamatory and basically inaccurate. Why would the left wing's supposedly highly educated literary geniuses do this? Can't they at least be honest on one issue? Are they clever to try to trick people with word games? This is poor reporting at the least and dishonesty in fact. They think you people are all deserving to receive their trickery and think they are clever because some left wing literature teacher told them they could get what they want if they only redefine reality and keep saying it. This infuriates me because it assumes that Americans are stupid. Sorry this needs to be exposed for the good of the country.

I'm just glad Obama reversed it so that we can find other treatments for all kinds of things. But I do not agree that they waste time and money on a face lift treatment from it. That's just stupid! We have bigger fish to fry with this research.

Typical Maxist / Liberal approach, if you tell a lie often enough, people will believe it is the truth. This research with adult stem cells was NOT banned from federal funding during the Bush adminstration. There were specific limitations on federal funding for EMBRYONIC cell derived research. There has been much more scientific progress with adult derived stem cells than embryonic stem cells up to this point. One major advantage of using your own stem cells for developing any type of therapy is your body will not reject the incoming cells and antirejection drugs will not have to be used.

Many therapies using adult stem cell techniques are in testing now and may be soon available for treating a wide variety of diseases. As these come into common use, I am sure the Bush bashers will no doubt use these as examples of the superiority of the Obama adminstration. All it will demonstrate is the ignorance of the Obamaphites to grasp a basic understanding of science.

Lisa Scweitzer needs an editor and competent fact checker. By the way, I am a Ph.D. biologist and don't have time for that job. I have enough consulting work to keep me busy.

Hundreds of thousands of patients have ALREADY been successfully treated for over 70 diseases and human conditions from broken bones that refused to heal to recreating immune systems that were wiped out because of cancer treatments. All of this is done with adult stem cells from either the patient, a donor, or umbilical cord blood. Furthermore it was being done during the Bush years both in the US and all over the world.
It's not new, it's growing in efficiency and, if the research money isn't cut off, one day it will be available in a hospital in your community.
Wonderful news that, happily enough, isn't new.

Oh, I should add, if you want to read more, check out http://www.stemcellresearch.org/ It even has a scoreboard that will give you the names of the more than 70 diseases treated by adult stem cells.

All you closed minded, ignoramuses who (including the writer of this topic) should stop making everything political. And, to you Reupublicans and Democrats alike: Stop trying to make your "politician de jour" out to be some fantastic, perfect example of humanity. They are, for the most part, equal in their narcissitic, self righteousness.