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obie7661
03-29-2007, 08:54 AM
...Already, some sports agents are preparing to advise clients about banking stem cells from their offspring or from tissue taken from their own bodies as an insurance policy against a career-ending infirmity. Stem cell blood banks are promoting the benefits of stem cell therapies for the practical healing and rehabilitation of tendons, ligaments, muscle and cartilage. There are skeptics in the medical community who wonder how soon the technology will be viable, but enthusiastic advocates of the therapies say the time is near...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/sports/29stem.html

CarlE
03-29-2007, 09:25 AM
...Already, some sports agents are preparing to advise clients about banking stem cells from their offspring or from tissue taken from their own bodies as an insurance policy against a career-ending infirmity. Stem cell blood banks are promoting the benefits of stem cell therapies for the practical healing and rehabilitation of tendons, ligaments, muscle and cartilage. There are skeptics in the medical community who wonder how soon the technology will be viable, but enthusiastic advocates of the therapies say the time is near...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/sports/29stem.html

So if I get one of Andrew the Apostle's stem cells I'll be able to hit a home run!! YES!!!