An eight-year-old girl with a rare genetic condition has had her immune system ‘reprogrammed’ using ethical adult stem cells. Aditi Shankar received healthy bone marrow stem cells from her mother to correct her immune system. Six months later she was well enough to have a kidney transplant – also donated by her mother. I got the kidney transplant when I went to special sleep and closed my eyes. In recent years there have been numerous reports of medical breakthroughs using ethical, adult stem cells:January 2023: New ethical stem cell research gives hope for dementia treatmentDecember 2022: Two year old ‘wouldn’t be with us today’ without world-first stem cell operationMay 2021: Ethical stem cells deliver dramatic cure for ‘bubble boy’ diseaseMarch 2021: ‘She’s given me back my life’, teen thanks adult stem cell donorJanuary 2021: Ethical stem cell research finds MND damage may be reversible

Source: The Times September 29, 2023 14:33 UTC