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Embryonic Stem cells vs. Adult Stem cells?

Alright, so what advantage do embryonic stem cells have over adult stem cells? Researchers say that embryonic stem cells have so much potential? There must be a reason that we are still researching embryonic stem cells if adult stem cells are already fixing things. Input? And I'd also appreciate it if you took a look at my other question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aok3t_V_hUZXRzFyYG7XNkjsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080330124721AAG8GYS Thanks in advance!

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1. Embryonic stems cells are capable of creating most of the tissues of the body. Adult stem cells are more restricted in what they can produce.
2. Adult stem cells are found in bone marrow (the vehicle carrying these stem cells) and require invasive surgery to acquire. Also, finding a matching donor for a bone marrow transplant via a public bank can be difficult and sometimes impossible. Embryonic stem cells are derived from an embryo (sperm meets the egg). They are highly controversial and often in the news and at the heart of many moral and ethical debates. Umbilical cord blood offers a perfectly natural, controversy-free method of acquiring stem cells. (The Vatican approves of cord blood banking.) Cord blood stem cells offer many advantages over other stem cells. They are collected in a risk-free, five-minute procedure at the time of birth that is painless for both mother and baby. Also, stem cells from cord blood are better than stem cells from bone marrow because they are less prone to “graft vs. host disease” (GVHD – an immune system attack by donor cells against the recipient) and other complications relating to the recipient body rejecting foreign cells. Find more on this web site url : http://cord-blood-bank.weebly.com/faq.html