"As more wounded soldiers return from Afghanistan and Iraq, an agency of the U.S. military has asked the cash-strapped federal government to spend millions of dollars more on regenerative medicine research, including stem cells."
This is quoted from the article and shows that even the U.S. military, the most powerful force in the world, sees the promise that regenerative medicine can provide. The Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine is a collaboration that is funded with $100 million spread over 5 years, $20 million a year. They are now seeking to increase the budget to $35 million a year.
"For us, it's a lot of money," Gilman said. Existing medicine is inadequate to treat the often horrific injuries soldiers incur, including loss of skin, limbs, massive facial damage, and destruction of nerves, he said. Regenerative medicine seeks to cure these injuries by regrowing the damaged body parts."
This is really great news that our government is investing in the future to CURE these injuries opposed to just treating them. Regenerative medicine is starting to come to the forefront of the medical community as not only an acceptable alternative to treatments existing now but the game-changer that will replace the so called "inadequate existing medicine." And all of this is possible by the power we are unlocking in stem cell research. Stem cells future have never been brighter and the potential they offer every person around the globe is anything less than phenomenal.
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