Why does it seem to always take celebrities to get media’s attention? The Washington Post has reported an apparent adult stem cell success in treating Hawaiian singer Don Ho. Ho reportedly had stem cells taken from his own blood injected into his badly ailing heart, in a procedure not yet approved in the USA. He is now feeling so good he may return to performing.
This is an anecdotal report. Safety remains an issue and until this procedure is repeated, tested properly in blind studies, and verified with peer reviewed articles, it does not a cure make. But With the Hwang debacle, the growing number of adult stem cell successes, and the media just beginning to barely cover the depth and breadth of adult/umbilical cord blood stem cell successes, it may become impossible for cloning proponents to continue to insist that embryonic stem cells offer the “best” potential to develop a robust regenerative medical sector.
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