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Embryonic Stem Cells Provide No Benefits to Patients, Little Real Promise; Adult Stem Cells Show True Promise For Therapy Ten Leading Causes of Death in the U.S. and Related Successes of Stem Cell Research
		Adult (non-embyonic) Stem Cells	Embryonic Stem Cells
Rank	Cause of Death	Clinical Use	Research Use	Clinical Use	Research Use
1	Heart Disease	Clinical trials underway (muscle & bone marrow stem cells); one promising published result	Repair of heart damage in animals	None	Formation of cardiac cells in culture; injected into embryos can contribute to blood vessels
2	Cancer	Clinical use for many forms of cancer	Treatments developed in animal models	None	None
3	Stroke	One clinical trial published; improvement in 6 of 12 patients	Repair of brain and nerve damage in animals	None	Some repair of nerve damage; nerve cells formed in culture
4	Chronic Lung Disease	None	Evidence of lung stem cell and formation of lung tissue by bone marrow or neural stem cells	None	None
5	Accidents	---	---	---	---
6	Pneumonia/Influenza	---	---	---	---
7	Diabetes	No trials yet; human pancreatic stem cell isolated; islet transplants working	Reversed diabetes in mice	None	Formed insulin-secreting cells; 1/50th amount of insulin, mice died
8	Suicide	---	---	---	---
9	Kidney Disease	Evidence for formation of kidney tissue from bone marrow stem cell in humans	Evidence of stem cell conversion from bone marrow or neural stem cells	None	None
10	Chronic Liver Disease	No trials yet; evidence of liver stem cell and formation of liver tissue from human bone marrow or pancreas adult stem cells	Treated mouse model of tyrosinemia liver disease and acute liver failure in rats	None	Formation of liver cells in culture.

Embryonic Stem Cells Provide No Benefits to Patients, Little Real Promise; Adult Stem Cells Show True Promise For Therapy