Stem Cell Research Flourishes
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   Respected researchers at leading institutions continue to publish findings that report the growth of new cells from injections of special packets of basic cellular building materials named "stem cells".

   Stem cells are obtained from numerous sources. Mindful of the present political debate, we group all sources into two categories: embryonic and non-embryonic.  Human embryos contain a large relative percentage of stem cells, hence the term embryonic stem cells. There are some biotechnologists seem to think of embryos as packets of stem cells, which are packets of tissue-building protoplasm. Because these researchers lobby so hard for government funds to support embryonic stem cell research, some of  their cell biology opponents claim that the hidden agenda behind such research is human cloning, rather than the effort to conquer disease.

   The conviction is widespread among scientists that stem cell research is worthwhile. Surprising and even amazing healing results have arisen from non-embryonic stem cell research which, for purposes of this article, includes self-generated stem cells, the apparent production of new stem cells by a human body, when the body is properly "stimulated" or "enabled".

   Self-generation of stem cells is not as widely researched, or at least reported,  as is use of non-embryonic stem cells because pharmaceutical companies and governments fund lab work that might eventually lead to production of a pill, producing a profit, providing means for further research. Whereas self-generated

stem cells can result naturally when a body is fed properly. Ever-increasing numbers of physicians and biotechnologists believe that food is better medicine than "medicine". The catch is: supermarket food is not the food you may think it is.

     (In other articles, we will discuss evidence in support of dietary supplementation, such as the 1936 US Senate report that told us to supplement or suffer,  due to the  severely deteriorated condition of soil in the USA, once known as "the bread basket of the world".)

   There are many documented cases of cell regeneration within patients' bodies as a result of nutrient stimulation. Here are a few examples:
1. A Nevada magazine published an article about a young woman wheel chair-bound due to "probable multiple sclerosis" whose nerve cells regenerated enough for her to rise up out of the chair in two weeks of natural therapy.
2. Another Nevada magazine wrote about a pre-teen girl suffering from Down syndrome, whose physical condition and appearance
changed dramatically after 2 1/2 years of similar natural therapy.
3. A prestigious Canadian doctor suffered a type of stroke that usually kills, followed by 12 years of continuous pain and lack of muscular control, until a similar natural therapy helped his body to overcome most symptoms.


   Please note that the regeneration of  nerve cells, and the improvement of a well-documented genetic (incurable) condition are most likely impossible except for the presence  of  new stem cells,  in each of  these cases non-embryonic stem cells, and in fact, self-generated stem cells.