I was thrilled to read about douglas Melton in the article "The Quest Resumes" [Feb. 9]. The work he and his colleagues are doing will result in numerous lives being saved and an end to the untold suffering of many who deal with chronic illnesses. Perhaps if alice park had interviewed even one opponent of embryonic research, her article would not have lacked so many important facts. Adult (nonembryonic) stem cells, dismissed by Park as "less versatile," have already treated thousands of actual human patients in the fight against conditions like juvenile diabetes-a disease mentioned anecdotally by Park. Dif ferent types of adult stem cells (there are several) can be used for different situations; we do not need a one-size-fits-all cell that can become anything.
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机译：我很高兴在“ The Quest Resumes”一文中阅读有关道格拉斯·梅尔顿的文章。 9]。他和他的同事正在做的工作将挽救许多生命，并终结许多应对慢性病的人的无尽痛苦。也许，如果爱丽丝·帕克（Alice Park）甚至采访了一位反对胚胎研究的人，她的文章就不会缺少这么多重要的事实。帕克认为，成年（非胚胎）干细胞具有“通用性较差”的特点，已经在抗击少年糖尿病等疾病的治疗中治疗了成千上万的实际人类患者。成年干细胞的不同类型（有几种）可以用于不同的情况。我们不需要一个可以适应任何情况的“一刀切”的所有单元。
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