There are several important reasons why the isolation of human pluripotent stem cells are important to science and to advances in health care. At the most fundamental level, pluripotent stem cells (cells which have the potential to differentiate into any type of human tissue) can help us to understand the complex events that occur during human development. A primary goal of stem cell research is the identification of the factors involved in the cellular decision-making …showed first 75 words of 314 total…

…showed last 75 words of 314 total…physical problems can be alleviated which include Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. For example, an experiment performed on mice, displayed that a once destroyed immune system can be repaired by stem cell implantation. If were paralyzed from the neck down would you want the treatments available today or would you rather have the advantages of stem cell research? Actor, Christopher Reeves, chooses the latter.