THESE EMBRYONIC STEM CELL ARE IN NO WAY LIKE JUNK FROM A JUNK YARD, AS WAS SUGGESTED !. THEY ARE PART OF A HUMAN LIFE; THEREFOR THEY DESERVE RESPECT AND PROTECTION. IF THEY WERE " JUNK " THERE WOULD NOT BE A DEBATE....THERE ARE STEM CELLS BEING USED ( INJECTED) SUCCESSFULLY TO TREAT VERY ADVANCED CHRONIC HEART FAILURE ( IN BANGKOK) AND FOR THE SPINAL CORD ( IN BEIJING ) IN QUADRIPLEGICS. THERE WAS RECENTLY A NEW AMAZING NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY DONE SHOWING THESE PROCEDURES AND THE RESULTS. IN THESE SUCCESSFUL CASES, ADULT STEM CELLS WERE HARVESTED FROM THE PATIENTS OWN BODY AND GROWN UNTIL HIGHLY MULTIPLIED IN THE LAB...THEN WHEN THE CONCENTRATION GREW HIGH ENOUGH THEY WERE RE INJECTED AT THE SITE OF NEED. IN THESE CASES THE STEM CELLS NEVER GET REJECTED SINCE THE DONOR IS THE PATIENT..ANOTHER WORDS WE DON'T EVEN NEED THE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS . EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS HAVE NOT SHOWN THE SAME DOCUMENTED POSITIVE RESULTS..HERE IN THE STATES, PARKINSON'S AND SOME OTHER DISEASES HAVE ALSO BEEN TREATED SUCCESSFULLY WITH ADULT STEM CELLS...REMEMBER THE HIGHEST NATURAL OCCURRING CONCENTRATION OF THESE STEM CELLS IS IN THE UMBILICAL CORD, WHICH ARE ALSO CONSIDERED ADULT STEM CELLS. THESE TYPE HAVE ALSO BEEN WELL USED AND ARE TOTALLY UNCONTROVERSIAL ...THE PEOPLE GOING TO OTHER COUNTRIES COULD GET EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS INJECTED SINCE THERE ARE NO RULES AGAINST IT, BUT BY FAR THE ONLY REAL RESULTS ARE COMING FROM THE ADULT STEM CELLS AND THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE USING. THE PATIENTS GOING TO THESE COUNTRIES WILL VERY LIKELY BE DEAD BEFORE THE FDA APPROVES THESE METHODS...THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF WAITING....THE US TAKES TOO LONG FOR THEM.HOPEFULLY THESE METHODS WILL ALSO BE APPROVED HERE BEFORE MUCH LONGER.