Stem cells are used to help treat the imperfections that our body needs. Stem cells are used to replace the things in our bodies that we are lacking the most, and they come into help and to get things back to normal. “Tissue damaged by cancer, heart disease, spinal cord injury, stroke or burns could be replaced by tissue grown from stem cells.” (Pearson). This information is telling you that stem cells can help treat all kinds of diseases, and help save lives. Some types of diseases that stem cells have been proved to treat are “ Diseases that may be treated with stem cells are type one diabetes, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, alzheimer’s, and most promisingly Parkinson’s disease.” (Pearson).
Embryonic stem cells are more useful than adult stem cells in the way that adult stem cells are more than likely going to be forming into a specialized cell more than it would be a stem cell. Embryonic stem cells still have the time to develop and