Stem Cells and Diseases. 6 Oct 2006. United States Gov't, Washington D.C. 20 Dec 2006.
http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/health.asp
Stem cells provide answers to a lot of questions we have about our bodies. They can be used to treat many as of now incurable diseases, such as: Cancer, certain birth defects, diabetes, etc. The reason these diseases may be cured with stem cells, is that they develop during conception and gestation in the womb, or at least the genetic sequence which determines if you have any of these diseases are formed in the stem cells which mature into cells which do all kinds of things for your body.
Stem cells can also be used to "regrow" parts of tissue previously thought "ungrowable". They can help regenerate kidneys ravaged by kidney cancer, brain tissue lost in an accident, spinal cells (or nerve cells) lost when a spine was severed in an accident, or a host of many other possible cells.
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