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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
An expert I see 
Why is it that researchers can do almost anything on rats, but not humans for stem cell research? Is it the stem cell itself, the environmental influences (ie. region of the rats brain?) ... obviously its not a black and white, either or question, but a general idea is what I'm looking for.
There's a project I might be doing next semester on sorting stem cells. Not exactly stem cell reserach per se, but getting you researchers more stem cells to work with. |
I think the simple answer is that a lot of the research has not advanced beyond animal testing as of yet and is not ready for clinical trials.
For the record I work at a hospital and there are already treatments conducted using stem cells currently.