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question 6: what actually is a stem cell?

Stem cells are a medical raw material. They are as important for future medical science as forests have been for the paper industry. Without paper we wouldn't have any books. Without stem cells, we'd perhaps have to go on classifying numerous diseases as incurable.  Read more

question 29: can we grow human spare parts in the lab?

Damaged body organs replaced with new, healthy ones grown from the patient's own stem cells? Can this be the health care of the future – cultivating new organs in laboratories? What are the limits to the possibilities of stem-cell research?  Read more

question 37: is stem cell research playing with life?

Sweden is at the forefront of stem cell research. The results are successful, but the ethics of embryonic stem cell research in particular are surrounded by controversy. Can we defend the use of surplus embryos in research that may lead to finding the cure for serious illnesses?  Read more