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Carlos and CeCe Boozer, parent's infinite love and stem cell research

I highly recommend the latest edition of ESPN's E:60 sports magazine show. It profiles the amazing story of the medical dilemma that was presented to Carlos and CeCe Boozer and the infinite love of parents. It also displayed the incredible potential of stem cell research and its real world, life-saving application.

Carlos Boozer is the all star NBA power forward for the Utah Jazz but this story has nothing to do with basketball and everything to do with his gravely ill infant son. I will not spoil the story for you (you truly need to see it to fully understand) but I will highlight the important medical advance that led to the conclusion of this inspiring, heart warming saga...stem cell research.

Stem cells are very important cells in the development of the human body. These special cells have not decided which type of cell they will ultimately become and have the ability to become almost any cell type. Simply put, the stem cell hasn't yet decided if it will grow into a muscle cell or a brain tissue cell or a heart tissue cell or a bone tissue cell or almost any other type of cell that it chooses.

What if a doctor can 'help' the stem cell make up its' mind and choose to become a certain type of cell that a patient may need? Then 'grow' the cell into many, many cells and ultimately into the tissue type that we desire. The doctor can manipulate the stem cell to grow the specific tissue that a sick patient so desperately needs.

What if doctors could harvest a stem cell and manipulate it to become a kidney cell? Then 'grow' that single cell into a fully functional kidney that is a perfect match for an ill child slowly dying while waiting for a transplant that may never come.

Now ask yourself, should we fund and encourage stem cell research? No, better yet ask the parents of a dying child that this research may save. But please don't ask Carlos and CeCe Boozer's eldest son because he's too busy being healthy, happy and playing with his twin little brothers.