First Human Stem Cell Trials Begin

According to NewUniversity.org, UC Irvine researchers will be the first to test an embryonic stem cell treatment on humans in clinical trials. Although UCI researchers will be the first to treat humans using embryonic stem cells. This will not be the first time that humans have been treated in trials using stem cells. This is because previously neural stem cells derived from fetal brains have been used in USDA-approved trials. This is a step forward for stem cell research that had be halted by the Bush administration.