Obama Lifts Stem Cell Ban

The president signed an executive order ending an 8½-year ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, paving the way for a significant amount of federal funds to flow to science. "At this moment, the full promise of stem cell research remains unknown, and it should not be overstated," Obama said this morning before signing the order. "But scientists believe these tiny cells may have the potential to help us understand, and possibly cure, some of our most devastating diseases and conditions." With this ban lifted, this will hopefully bring change to researches, scientist, doctors and innovators, patients and loved ones have hoped for.

This past January, the Nations first ever human trial on embryonic stem cell research aimed for spinal cord injury patients, which was awaiting for FDA approval finally got the green light. This is the begining of an potentially new chapter, after a long long wait the door of US is now open to adhere the world’s future medical wonder, the embryonic stem cell research, which has the potentiality to demolish the killer diseases that make mankind suffered for years.

And may wonder why this is important me? It's because I've been in a wheelchair for the past three years and this has been the news I've been waiting for.