Stem Cell Technologies Technological advances in this day and age have given scientists the ability to do things that were only dreamed about in the past. With all the advances in medical technology there are still diseases, illnesses and conditions that cannot be treated or cured effectively. New discoveries and complications commonly come about in today's world. Scientists are studying human embryonic stem cells, which includes: how an organism develops from a single cell and …showed first 75 words of 1436 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1436 total…there is a specific defect in the genes. Stem cells that do not have this defect could be used to correct the problem. Stem cells have been used to make the nerve cells in the spinal cord. This may help or even cure people who have lost use of their arms or legs because of an injury to their spinal cord. So many advances can be made in treating and curing a number of diseases!