Stem Cells Are on the Rise
The research into the use of stem cells has been going on since the 1990s. Researchers have been trying to figure out the best ways to use stem cells, the best ways to implement them to be able treat and cure diseases. Take Edgar Irastorza for example. He suffered a heart attack at the age of 31. The scar tissue that resulted from this heart attack cut down his heart's ability to pump blood by a third. This prevented Mr. Irastorza from doing the most basic things like picking up his kids from school. So his doctors proposed a medical research trial of stem cells. He agreed to take part in it and his heart got injected with stem cells. After a few years he was up and going again, he even went back to his passion of breakdancing. His story is one of many and shows the great hope that stem cells is brining into the medical field.
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Wow, that is an uplifting and inspiring story. Do you what the risks of injecting stem cells in his heart were?
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