Saving Lives, Easing Pain - why We Should Support Stem Cell Research

Do you know anyone with a disease that is incurable? I'm not just talking about cancer, or AIDS, I'm talking about rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, and spinal cord injuries. These are the diseases that do not get national attention in the media everyday. These diseases are the ones people live with and cause pain that kill from the inside out.
At age 17, my mother was injured playing basketball in high school. She had broken the lower vertebrae in her back, which severed the lower part of her spinal cord. …