Reader’s view: Stem cell treatments can make a difference – Midland Daily News

To the editor:

What price would you pay for the wellbeing of the people around you? We have to ask ourselves this question when looking at stem cells. My name is Raul Moreira. Im a senior at Midland High. I want to bring you some more information on stem cells. Stem cells are a type of unspecialized cell that have the potential to become any type of specialized cell. In this letter, I want to teach you more about stem cells and the benefits and challenges we are faced with when dealing with a possibly life-saving medicine and research.

Now you may be thinking this is all good on paper but what are the real-world stories and benefits to stem cell research? One of the best candidates to answer this question is Kris Boesen. Kris became paralyzed from the neck down after his car fishtailed on a wet road and crash into a telephone pole. Luckily Kris qualified for a clinical study that might help. Just three months after Kris was injected with stem cells he is now able to feed himself, write his name and hug his friends and family among many other tasks he could not do before the treatment.

Kris success story is not a one of a kind there are hundreds of reports of people getting better from a variety of diseases due to stem cell research and stem cell treatment. I urge all of us to do more research on this topic and become more aware and accepting of stem cells because it will benefit all of us.

RAUL MOREIRA

Midland

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