Just what
the fuck is a stem cell? Ain't it that stuff they yank out of aborted
babies and men use to get their dicks working again or something? No.
I used to think it was all about that first part but I was wrong.
These nasty things we call bodies are made up of cells. They do
different things and that is where stem cells come into play. These
weird sons of bitches can become pretty much anything when introduced
into the body. Decades ago they were isolated and used to help with
transplants. Using cells for transplants that are from someone
related is always preferable but not always available. There is a
shit ton of research into stem cells and what they can do and so far
they are used to treat over eighty diseases.
There are
two kinds of stem cells. Embryonic ones are just blank cells. They
are in the womb and don't even know what to do yet sort of like most
of humanity. They are just cells and have the potential to become
anything. There is controversy with this because people like babies
and think all of them have the ability to possibly be a human. The
other cells can be gathered from umbilical cord tissue and are known
as Adult stem cells. These are more limited in what you can do with
them because they are like that cousin you have that thinks he is
gonna be a rapper even though his mixtape is hot garbage. They have
made their decision an they're gonna stick with it. Embryonic cells
on the other hand are like Multiple Man. They will break off and do
whatever the fuck they want.
