by Mary Kirwin ©Independent.ie
THEY may be merely microscopic but stem cells have been grabbing more headlines than even Brad and Angelina of late. President Obama (below) has endorsed these miracle cells, heralded as being capable of everything from restoring hearing, mending hearts to growing bigger breasts.
While embryonic stem-cell research is an ethical hot potato, it is only one method of obtaining them. Another effective method of extracting stem cells is by harvesting them from umbilical cord blood.
These stem cells found in umbilical blood are called the building blocks of blood cells and are able to transform themselves into any of the human body's specialised tissues.
When stem cells divide they can turn into anything, from insulin-producing cells in the pancreas or nerve cells from the brain.
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