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More than 50 years of research on adult stem cells, taken from adult tissues, has produced such lifesaving treatments as bone marrow transplants for leukemia patients. Now, the new frontier in stem cell research involves embryonic stem cells.
Unlike adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells cells have the potential to turn into and regenerate any type of cell or tissue in the human body. As a result, embryonic stem cells cells could provide cures for many currently incurable or common diseases and injuries that cannot be cured with adult stem cells, or more effective treatments than adult stem cells may provide.
That's why the overwhelming majority of medical experts, medical organizations and patient advocacy groups agree that ALL types of stem cell research should be pursued. Below is some information on just some of the dozens of diseases and injuries that could benefit from this basic policy.
Medical researchers believe that stem cells could potentially lead to cures for more than 70 diseases and injuries, including: | 
