Doctors used adult stem cells to help Texas Gov. Rick Perry with his back surgery last month. A spokesman said the stem cells were used in an "innovative way." The cells were taken from Perry's body and applied to the area where doctors decompressed a nerve and fused part of his spine. Adult stem cell therapy is different from using embryonic cells, which Perry opposes. The Food and Drug Administration has not approved using stem cells to help people heal from surgery, but experimentation is common. Researchers do warn, however, of a slight increased cancer risk.
Texas governor's surgery included stem cells - politics - Decision 2012 - msnbc.com
Granted these were ADULT stem cells. Will Republicans be more open to stem cell research if it is able to help more conditions they may suffer from, such as infertility and impotence?
Scientists in Japan said Friday they have for the first time succeeded in coaxing sperm cells from 
mouse embryonic stem cells, a breakthrough that could one day help humans overcome infertility. The sperm were used to fertilize eggs and were found to produce "healthy offspring that grew into fertile male and female adult mice," said the study in a special online edition of the US journal Cell.
Japan scientists coax sperm from stem cells - Yahoo! News
More Rick Perry info:
Rick Perry's Army of God - The Texas Observer
Rick Perry’s prayer rally a failed hot mess of hypocrisy – LGBTQ Nation
Rick Perry's Religious Revival Sparks A Holy War : NPR
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