US President Barack Obama announced the overturn towards the stem cell policy of former US President George W. Bush. He further said that his government would follow science rather than political ideology. Obama is intended to turn around the limits on stem cell research being funded by federal government and handed over the command to National Institutes of Health to save the science and research from political interference.

In the former rule, there were limitations on the taxpayer money for stem cell research and stem lines were restricted to specific areas. Many of these lines were proved to have drawbacks and should be left while the new and healthy research lines should be funded to get benefits. Bush along with his supporters argued they did so to defend the human life by protecting days-old embryos which were destroyed for the stem cells.

On the other hand, the research supporters strongly favor the Obama’s decision. Stem cells of an embryo are the master cells which can be changed into any cell of the body.

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According to a UK/German research, the cells found in a man’s testicles can do a lot aside from just producing sperm, as they may provide any type of cell in his body.

The researchers say that sperm cells can be altered into stem cells with the same sort of characteristics to those that are found in the embryo.

The Study, which has been published in the journal Nature, shows some ray of hope for a supply of “repair tissue” to the other parts of the body.

However, a UK expert says that it’s too early to reach at a firm conclusion.

There are chances of personalised treatment for patients with the ability to transform cells taken from an adult back into stem cells and afterward into a wide range of tissue types.

The procedure would also help to avoid the ethical controversies regarding use of cells that are taken from embryos.

In their study the researchers from King’s College London used 22 different samples that were taken from biopsies or from medical castrations.

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