Stem Cells: Seeds of Hope?

 

 

Despite enormous strides in medical technology in the last several decades, dozens of diseases and other medical conditions remain incurable. Severe spinal cord injuries cause lifelong paralysis because doctors have not yet found a way to repair delicate nerve tissue. Medical researchers have also been unable to find a cure for Tay-Sachs, even though they know the cause of this devastating disease, which claims the lives of most of its victims before they reach the age of six. The list goes on: Diseases like diabetes, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's remain incurable, despite tireless searches for cures..