A ten year old Swedish girl receives vein made from stem cells

Several groups oppose the advancement of Stem Cell research

Stem cell research is a controversial issue and the center of a huge worldwide news story today. Apparently scientists in Sweden were able to help a girl by create a new vein for her.


Scientists took a vein from a dead man, washed off the cells through a process called "decellularisation" and then used the stem cells to produce a vein that matched the patients tissue. 


Stem Cell research has seen several breakthroughs recently and last year a wind pipe was created from stem cells which helped save a mans life. However, the moral issues surrounding Stem Cell research mean that advances are not as progressive as some scientists feel they should be.